What is reality

This is a side blog. Maladaptive daydreamer who would rather not acknowledge reality.

[davidlynch-gf]

getting this recommended feels like a punch

[unic0rng1rl]

Maladaptive daydreaming is all fun and games until you get depressed realizing you can't actually live in your own head

[moonriver-andmeeee]

[secretcabbagebase]

And I can't sit through a movie, not because my attention span is chopped, but because if a scene comes on that I see maladaptive daydream potential in

the movie is getting paused and I'm circling my room with music blasting for an hour

[squirming-worms]

"maladaptive daydreaming is an unhealthy coping mechanism" ok well in my world it isnt so how about that

[daydreamcepheus]

Can't wear headphones for two weeks maybe I should just cease

[daydreamcepheus]

I know that stress is really getting to me when huge chunks of time are gone. Not the smaller chunks that usually pass by but I can manage.

I need to not be chronically stressed for at least a few months. But that's not going to happen any time soon, or ever.

[daydreamcepheus]

Madd really gets to me sometimes because I don't think I can ever actually stop. I daydream as soon as I wake up, while I'm getting ready for the day, while I'm eating, and then while I'm doing literally anything. It's so all-consuming it's like a false paradise.

It's so nice to disconnect from reality but it's affecting my productivity and that's not something I can afford to happen.

[daydreamer-nightweaver]

So what is like. The overall themes of your daydream? Mine is being a lot more cool and fun and stronger then people actually think I am and thus them respecting me and trusting me and me being able to protect them.

Or drugs and murder. Or both.

[pnkfntsy]

i love daydreaming bc everything is alright in there. i can just… be.

i can be happy there.

[daydreamer-polls]

Do you repeat daydreams until that are perfect, or move on quickly?

Repeat until perfect

Only repeat it a few times

Mix of both / sometimes

Only small fixes

Move on relatively quickly

Never repeat or fix anything

Voting ended onOct 15, 2025

This was requested.

[daydreamer-polls]

Requested poll: reworded options.

Do you tend to lose track of time when daydreaming?

All the time

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Voting ended onOct 1, 2025

Sorry if it sounds clinical. It was to make it a bit clearer. So like... once or twice is rarely, for example.

[writingmadd]

Daydreamed too hard now I am depressed.

[fallingmaddlyinlove]

me when i'm done with my tasks and can daydream for the rest of the day

[daydreamer-polls]

Requested poll (edited wording):

How would you define your overall view or relationship to your paras?

OCs

Family

Friends

Coworkers

Parts of me/us

It changes per paracosm

Something else

Voting ended onSep 24, 2025

Mod reply: definitely treat this more as a blanket term if viable. We know its a lot more complicated than these categories. And I'm curious too! Some of mine are family, some are friends, but we're all part of a bigger mosaic. And the roles consist across our subcosms as well.

[d0ll4life]

I wish I could live in my daydreams forever

[daydreamer-polls]

Messed up the poll so I'll have to just redo one I got from an ask. I'm assuming you mean literally nonhuman, not the kin identity way? But you can count both.

Roughly what percentage of your paras are nonhuman?

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Voting ended onSep 20, 2025

Hoping I tag the right person, but I think @citiesonjupiter asked this one?