maladaptive daydreaming blog

This is my secret Madd blog. Where I talk about madd things.

[psychadelic-blasphemy]

here's my not so friendly reminder that shifting is bullshit beyond MAYBE lucid dreaming within whatever "reality" you think you're going to, and trying to shift is a good way to develope very real disorders instead

maladaptive daydreaming is not cool, it's not fun, it's staring at a wall and losing entire day, it's putting off eating, sleeping, showering, really anything, to play out a silly little story

and do you know how it starts, or at least how it can start, it started with little me, traumatized, scared, angry, wanting to be anywhere else

so I laid awake at night and imagined I was in another world, it was a coping mechanism that turned into another fucking disorder, all I wanted was a distraction and now I'm 17 and can't look at mirrors too long, I can't focus, I procrastinate more than my ADHD and depression filled brain already does, and I lose hours of my time to my own head

so I don't wanna hear shit about it anymore, I don't wanna see it on TikTok, or here, or fucking anywhere. I'm so fucking tired, tired of me getting better and then seeing shit like that romanticizing it, making me wanna fucking try because I still want out of here

so for fucks sake please educate yourselves before you try something stupid, because maladaptive daydreaming amd extreme dissociation isn't good for anyone. it will keep you safe for a little while, but it'll just hurt you later

[homesteadchronicles]

If you’re getting overwhelmed with the scope of your artistic endeavors, ask yourself: does it have to be this big?

Ask yourself whether your story needs to be that long, whether your artwork needs to have all these components, whether your dish needs all these embellishments. Small does not mean insignificant. Basic does not mean bad.

Manageable can be masterful.

[lordoftheonion-rings]

Me and Wanda passing each other on the way to our maladaptive daydreams instead of seeking actual therapy

[we-all-madd]

Sometimes I wonder where I would be if I retasked the 90% of my mental energy that I usually allocate to “imagining I am a Jedi, saving planet Earth, and saving my misunderstood rockstar love interest from certain death”

[sweet-dreams-are-madd-of-this]

Me: This book is so interesting! I can’t wait to know what happens in the next chapters

MADD:

[we-all-madd]

((Its either this or staying up for 48 hours straight unable to put the thing down and then spending the next month non functional, mashing the story into all my paraworlds))

[lyricvl]

[dudepositivity]

[ID a large sign that reads, in all caps, “I’m not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it” in white letters over a black background. End id]

[we-all-madd]

My mother (to my brother): when will you find yourself a girlfriend to take care of you?

Also my mother: WHY DO I NEED TO DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE??!

[adhd-and-coffee]

I love being childish.

It means being enthusiastic without holding it back. It means committing my life to the things I love instead of the things other people tell me I have to do. It means crying when I am sad and dancing when I am happy. It means trusting that some how, some way, things will work out. It means letting go of the shame, the whisper in my ear that (its time to grow up) (your life is running out). 

I will come home from work with the memories of my stressful day already behind me, with a smile in my heart and jump in my step because… what will I do now? Will I listen to a song? Will I play my favorite game? Will I talk to a precious friend? Maybe I will do my laundry, my robe feels so soft when it first comes out of the drier. 

And when I am sad, angry, lonely, I stand in absolute awe at the power of the human experience. These are all parts of being ALIVE, and if I only get this one go at it, I want to experience it fully, hopefully, joyfully. This is the stuff songs are made of. This is the song I will sing.

I may have never grown up, but I sure have grown.

[the-malevolent-platypus]

I wonder what people without Madd do during the day.

Like, they have so much time when they have nothing to do, and I can't believe they don't spend them daydreaming.

What do normal people do?

[we-all-madd]

Who are these people with so much time with nothing to do? What are their secrets?

[spinninginwords]

[we-all-madd]

^The me who doesn't want to do shit but daydream

[we-all-madd]

If anyone ever writes about me after I die I want it to be said that I spent my life bitter as hell over the fact the human body needs exercise and healthy food.

[mediamadd]

Someone just liked this tweet of ours from last year so I might as well share it on here because it’s still relevant 

[we-all-madd]

Starting a new tv show can derail my entire life.

[sustanciaequis]

Me tired of daydreaming

Me tired of not being able to daydreaming

[elliotissomadd]

[we-all-madd]

I would take the money and run, my paracosm is wack

[berrymaddmin]

when you daydream about what would happen if a serial killer broke into your house and then hear sounds coming from outside

[we-all-madd]

My pets when they see me stimming while daydreaming

[sustanciaequis]