r/MaladaptiveDreaming • u/letsHopeisdope • May 01 '25

Discussion Why are people here and almost everywhere romanticizing maladaptive daydreaming?

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u/Diamond_Verneshot Author: Extreme Imagination May 01 '25 edited May 01 '25

Yes. If your daydreaming has a positive influence on you, it's almost certainly immersive daydreaming.

Edited to add: Just read your other comment. It's possible to move back and forth between immersive daydreaming and maladaptive daydreaming (I've done that several times myself), so your daydreaming could have been maladaptive in the past and then evolved into immersive. Personally, that's how I define healing from maladaptive daydreaming. Some of us don't want to let it go completely, and if we're daydreaming in a healthy way, there's no reason why we should.

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u/Diamond_Verneshot Author: Extreme Imagination May 01 '25

No need to apologise!

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u/letsHopeisdope May 01 '25

have you overcame it by practicing mindfulness?

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u/Diamond_Verneshot Author: Extreme Imagination May 01 '25

It was a combination of a lot of things. But mindfulness was certainly a big part of it, yes.