Maladaptive Daydreaming Articles

As we’ve talked about innumerable times, there is no singular definition of maladaptive daydreaming – unless we make the definition so general as t...

There’s no doubt that maladaptive daydreams are, at some level, a form of procrastination; something that people engage in to escape the realities ...

As I’ve written many times before, maladaptive daydreaming doesn’t arise out of nowhere in full bloom. Everyone’s maladaptive daydreams arise organ...

There are many oddities about maladaptive daydreaming – not least of which is the nature of maladaptive daydreams themselves. However, one thing th...

In the past I’ve written extensively about the central irony of maladaptive daydreaming: it’s something that can be done for hours each day, from n...

Perhaps one of the most insidious parts of maladaptive daydreaming – especially for those that have engaged in it for months or years – is that it ...

There’s a common misconception that maladaptive daydreaming invariably begins in one’s youth, and the only real question is if it persists into adu...

The primary issue with stopping maladaptive daydreaming is that it’s nearly an autonomic response; something that you slip into without consciously...

As I’ve written about many times before – including in my little maladaptive daydreaming book and in the maladaptive daydreaming test – it’s absolu...

Something that I’ve written many times before is that maladaptive daydreaming is an issue that creeps up on you. In fact, it’s often the case that ...

For those just beginning to learn about maladaptive daydreaming, it can all feel a bit overwhelming because there is still much to be understood ab...

Since yesterday was Valentine’s Day – a day that can cause quite a bit of reflection and lachrymose for many – it seems apt to take a moment to tal...