Originally posted by @mdconfessions
This post is kinda old but I found it and thought it would be a cool way to kind of introduce myself. So I’ll just try to answer as many of these as I can.
1. For those of you whose daydreams occur in chronological order: How long do you think it’d take to run through the entire thing? A day? A week? A month? Longer?
I don’t daydream chronologically so I can’t answer this.
2.How many paras do you have currently? Can you even count them?
It’s hard to count them, but I’d say that, along with my parame, there are around 12 main girls, 10 main boys, and a whole bunch of other side paras.
3.Do you have one main dreamworld or several dreamworlds, all equally important, existing at once?
One main dreamworld, and sometimes other ones pop out, but they don’t have nearly as much detail as the main one.
4.What is the longest amount of time you’ve spent daydreaming? Do you normally daydream this long? Did it happen accidentally or was it planned?
The longest time is probably around 6-7 hours. I don’t usually daydream for this long.
5.Have you told anyone (besides the online community) about your MD? Friends, family, therapists, etc.?
I haven’t yet, but I plan to in the future.
6.If you have told someone in your life about your MD, how did they take it? Were they understanding and interested or did they brush it off like it was nothing? Did they downplay your MD or ask you if you wanted help?
7.Are the majority of your paras a specific gender?
Not really, they’re pretty equal.
8. Have you ever had a daydream crash? If so, what happened? Do you have daydream crashes often?
I have daydream crashes all the time. They’re not always that bad but i just get this feeling of “it’s never gonna be real”
9. What aspect of your life does your MD affect the most? Social life? Grades? Relations with family?
Probably my social life. I have cancelled plans and kind of isolate myself because of daydreaming
10. Have you learned to control your daydreams? If so, how? If not, do you want to or why haven’t you?
For the most part I can control my daydreams pretty well. Not always, though.
11.Have you had the same paras and dreamworlds since you were young (or started daydreaming) or have you moved on to different paras/dreamworlds?
When I first started daydreaming I barely had any paras, so none of my paras are from back then.
12.What kind of music triggers your daydreams the most? Country? Pop? Rock? Rap? Classical? All genres? What other kinds of things trigger you? Events? People? Art? Etc.?
Any type of music can trigger me if it has the right lyrics and ryhthm. Other things that trigger me include books, movies, TV shows, and irl conversations.
13.If you’ve had several different paras over the years: Have you ever reused para names? (Eg. I had a childhood para named Benjamin and a few years ago I had a para named Benjamin but they were two totally different paras. They just happened to have the same name).
i don’t think I’ve ever reused a para name. Kind of, but not really
14. Have you identified reasons why you may have maladaptive daydreaming? Childhood abuse? Emotional negligence? Loneliness? Boredom? If not… do you want to know?
Mostly I think it’s because I’m an introvert so it may have started from boredom or loneliness.
15. Do your paras have similar personalities or very contrasting personalities? What about your own personality compared to your para’s? Do you and your paras have similar personalities?
Most of my paras have pretty different personalities. My parame and I are also pretty different, but there are things that are similar about us.
16. Do you have any paras that are nameless? (Eg. For some reason the bad guys in my dreamworlds don’t actually have names…weird right?).
Sometimes, but they usually dont last very long.
17. How did you find out about your MD? Was it difficult or embarrassing coming to terms with it?
I found out while looking up my symptoms online. It was cool to find out that I wasn’t the only person who did it.
18. How long have you known about your MD?
I’ve known about it for about two years.
19.Do you have favourite places to daydream? Your room? Outside? Childhood playhouse? Shower?
Mostly my bedroom. If I’m home alone, I like to daydream in my living room.
20.What’s the main thing you do while daydreaming? Pacing? Rocking back and forth? Spinning? Dancing? Swinging? Etc? Or are you more of the sit still/trance-like kind of daydreamer?
21. Do some of your paras have similar roles/occupations? (Eg. Many of my paras are doctors for some strange reason… maybe because my paras get hurt a lot!)
Not really. There are a bunch who work at the same coffee shop.
22. Are your paras the same age as you or are they younger/older?
Most are around the same age as me.
23. If you are trying to control your daydreams: do you schedule specific times to daydream? (Eg. While on the bus to school/work, before bed, in the shower, while cutting the lawn, etc.?).
I don’t really schedule, but I like to let myself daydream right when I wake up, right after school, and before bed.
24. What career do you want/have and why? Is your (desired) career choice based mainly on your MD or not? (Eg. I want to go through to be a writer because I channel/control my MD by writing).
My desired career isn’t based on my MaDD
25. Do you daydream about yourself? Or do your daydreams include characters from TV shows/books/characters of your own creation?
I have my paras and I sometimes daydream about TV or movie characters.
26. What content do your most violent daydreams feature?Torture? Rape? Etc. (If you choose to answer this question I would really appreciate if you avoid going into too much detail just to stay on the safe side.Thanks!)
General violence, kidnapping, and torture.
Message me if you have any questions or if you just want to talk. I love talking about MaDD.
