Maladaptive Daydreaming Articles

Part of the reason why maladaptive daydreaming hasn’t been added to the DSM, despite a significant push to do so in recent years, stems from the fi...

As I’ve written before, one of the central ironies of maladaptive daydreaming is that it’s something that someone can engage in for months (or even...

When discussing maladaptive daydreaming, it’s important to use reasonably explicit definitions that don’t cast too long of a shadow. The reason bei...

It’s quite common for those who suspect they are experiencing maladaptive daydreaming to begin to read about related disorders or to begin to worry...

Maladaptive daydreaming occupies a unique space in the world of psychology and psychiatry. On the one hand, an increasing number of psychologists, ...

While there are many oddities when it comes to maladaptive daydreaming, few are more baffling than the fact that countless hours are spent recount...

One thing that I've been thinking about recently are the characteristics of those that engage in maladaptive daydreaming. Or, to frame it a slightl...

Often I see discussions online related to maladaptive daydreaming in which people ask whether or not its weird. While determining whether or not so...

One of the interesting aspects of when you first begin maladaptive daydreaming is that you can go weeks, months, or even years without realizing th...

As you perhaps already know, maladaptive daydreaming isn't in the DSM-5, which is a large manual that seeks to categorize and define all psychiatri...

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is whether one can expect their maladaptive daydreams to subside over time naturally. In other words...

Fantasies and daydreams are closely linked together. While they aren't perfectly synonymous terms, they do both involve imaging a hypothetical situ...