maladaptive daydreaming

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Woman with a ponytail sits on a log on a grassy hillside at sunset, chin resting on her hand as she gazes toward distant hills. Beside her, text reads “Maladaptive Daydreaming: When a Daydream Becomes a Place to Live” with the Turning The Page logo.

Maladaptive Daydreaming: When a Daydream Becomes a Place to Live

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 […]