Week 3 of the series Glory Days in the Mind: When Escaping Inside Keeps You From Living. A gentle note: this post touches on sexual abuse. Please read at your own pace, and see the support details below. Quick answer: If your daydreams are always about being someone better (braver, […]
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Quick answer: Maladaptive daydreaming is a compulsive retreat into vivid inner worlds for hours at a time, often to escape loneliness or pain, until real life starts to suffer. Underneath it usually sits a belief: the real me isn’t enough to be loved. Fighting the daydream rarely works. Naming that […]