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What is maladaptive daydreaming (Madd) ?

Maladaptive daydreaming (madd) is a mental disorder/condition that describes excessive daydreaming, most times hours at a time, that interferes with one’s life. The key factor here is not what you daydream about. It’s for how long you daydream and how much it prevents you from living reality.

How do I identify Maladaptive Daydreaming?

Spending more than half your day with your mind wandering to the point that it disrupts your life is the biggest indicator that your excessive daydreaming has become maladaptive.

Maladaptive daydreamers:

do facial expressions, move around, talk, sing or dance while daydreaming

have multiple universes, characters and stories 

use music, books, movies or day to day situations to help them daydream about specific situations

feel safe inside their daydreams

daydream hours at a time, sometimes even an entire day

daydream while supposed to be asleep at night

find it hard to stop daydreaming

find it hard to focus on a movie, song or book because they automatically feel the need to daydream

What Maladaptive Daydreaming is NOT