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Maladaptive Daydreaming culture is having to explain to others that it is, in fact, not “just daydreaming a lot”.

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“i can fix him” “i can make him worse” i can imagine him in little scenarios every night as i’m falling asleep

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Neurodivergent culture is maladaptive daydreaming about a bunch of made-up characters for a made-up series for so long to the point where people genuinely worry about your well-being because you stare at the wall all the time.

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everytime someone draws a werewolf with top surgery scars an angel gets its wings

#my werewolf oc (minho) and his angel mother (amelia) #this post was made specifically for them

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All of my characters are autistic. What sets them apart is what kind of autism they've got.

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You guys ever get into a daydream so hard that your heartrate goes 📈📈📈

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Calling the tune in maladaptive daydreaming: The impact of music on the experience of compulsive fantasizing - Eli Somer, 2024 (sagepub.com)

NEW PAPER PUBLISHED

Abstract

This study aimed to shed light on the role of music in maladaptive daydreaming (MD)... A thematic analysis yielded three themes describing the role of music in MD. Two homogeneous themes pertained to outlier experiences: Music necessary and Music not desired. The third theme, Music enhances the MD experience, encompassed most of the data retrieved in this study and was further divided into five subthemes: Music avoided in “low energy” daydreaming scenes, Music as white noise, Music enhances MD creativity, Music as an MD trigger compromises the sense of agency; and Music as a powerful immerser that sets MD’s emotional “soundtrack.” The results led to the conclusion that music might be instrumental in MD by distancing the person from the external reality, triggering complex visual storylines, deepening the altered state of consciousness, and intensifying the vividness of the daydreamed plot by invoking an emotional response.

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the paracosm™️ is a wonderful place. except for when it isnt

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had some classic trans dissociation about my identity and my body today and for a while i was just staring at myself in the mirror very disconcerted because i didn't recognize my own face and body and then suddenly i was like "i'm gonna use this feeling for my trans paras' backstories" and then i was back to normal. like what was that

#SAME #me after experiencing something horrible: what if this happened to my paras #emotional breakdown? give it to a para. dysphoric episode? give it to a para? cried in public? guess what

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Okay, let's tackle the tabboo.

GENERAL TRIGGER WARNING

Many MaDDers are trauma victims and tend to include these themes in their daydreams. Have you ever willingly, not necessarily positively, daydreamed about any of the following topics: incest, bestiality, rape, pedophilia, necrophilia?

To specify: Intrusive daydreams/thoughts do not count. I mean you sat down and said "today I will daydream about X." Perhaps it's an integral part to your paracosm plot!

#madd #actually madd #maladaptive daydreaming #just madd things #maladaptive daydreamer #neuronarrator #trigger warning #tw rape mention #tw incest mention #tw sa mention #tw pedophilia mention #tw necrophilia mention #tw bestiality mention #madd poll #tabboo #personally for me it's 3 #the other 2have popped up intrusively but i frequently daydream about the other 3

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‘the point of fiction is to build the world we want to see!’ respectfully. No It Is Not.

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making up oc lore: fuck yes a little guy just for me

writing down oc lore: what the fuck

#this is why i can't write anything down and why it just stays in my head 😭😭

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Does anyone in the daydreaming or writing community have a list of 'slice of life' prompts?

I've always stuck to having a single fantasy paracosm, but recently I've decided I definitely need a second daydream world to retreat to because the plot of my first 'cosm isn't really allowing me to daydream about what I want. I want this universe to be identical to our current world, and I want to finally daydream about a parame just going through life in a way that makes xem comfortable :)

#madd #maladaptive daydreaming #just madd things #neuronarrator #actually madd #prompt request #maladaptive daydreamer #immersive daydreaming #slice of life #writing prompts #writerblr #writerscommunity