Daydreaming disorder: Maladaptive daydreaming is a disorder of dissociative absorption
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2021
- A webinar delivered by Prof. Eli Somer on March 24, 2021, to the academic and clinical staff of the department of psychiatry at Üsküdar University and hospital. Istanbul, Turkey. 102 minutes.
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Thank you for researching and creating awareness of this condition. It is comforting to know that we are not alone. When we seek help and we are misunderstood by other doctors and mental health practitioners... you brought hope to my life. Thank you
I've been MDD since childhood. There were moments in my life I could more or less control it, but most of the time I've just enjoyed the other realities. Sometimes the emotions I have got there are so strong and real, that I'm afraid I could stuck in the worlds of my imagination for good.
What attracts me most in the activity is first the possibility to some degree control anything in my fantasies - people, places, time, feelings... However at times the stories just flow on their own and the heroes of my fantasies are acting independently. Second, it's the way for me to feel strong emotions, I'm only able to feel when I'm "there".
I was trying to fight my ability for years without big progress, but once I was taking ADs and wasn't able to dream which was awful. It made me realize MDD is a part of my personality and I won't be myself without it. The imaginative world is so much better and interesting than the reality and safe at the time. It's a movie bank and a library that's always with you. I understand, it's just a way of escapism, but as long as it makes one's life better who cares.
I was diagnosed with TLE a while ago and had a turbulent childhood which must've influenced my condition.
I'm curious if I had a talent and wasn't lazy I possibly would be able to write a book or make a movie. Is the ability to write down the fantasies of one's imagination the only difference between a writer and a MDD person? Could the former have the same kind of imagination I've got but has got a gift to create as well?
I am sure many writers are capable of immersive daydreaming and that the capacity for vivid fantasy enhances their writing.
Omg wow I had such an intense yet beautiful cry tonight stumbling across this condition on UA-cam. It was like a break through I was desperately needing. For so long I didn’t even know what this was I would do, the worlds I would create and go into at Will and stay in for hours. Let alone finding out there are so many others going through the same thing, really makes it a lot less taboo and embarrassing for sure! Gah honestly thank you so much for these extremely informative and researched videos!!!! And for quite literally discovering this! There is so much relief in just now knowing what it is and becoming aware of the steps to deal with it healthier. I’m curious if there are any other transgender individuals like myself who used this ability to quite literally survive in secret growing up. Anyways thanks again ur an absolute legend!!!
This was exactly what I was looking for.
Thank u so much for ur research. 💗 from India. Really it takes heavy toll on daily life and responsibilities. I hope this insight to this problem will help gain some control over it. I am having this MDD from my childhood. I am a CSA and Incest survivor.
Sorry to read about your childhood expeiences.
Thanks for your validation. I am practising mindfulness as suggested by you.
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sir, mental women's any chance to get pragnency after marriage
( mental health problems😰...
@@sambasiva1183 yes ofcourse
can we talk i am from pakistan
Oh wow. Thank you so much for your research! It makes a lot of people like me feel validated. And thank you for sharing your insights on youtube :)
I believe that MaDD has a direct link to trauma and dissociation within the context of ASD, particularly high functioning Autistic children. The nervous system is already over-taxed in these kids, and then when you add abuse on top of that- you get an already highly internal individual needing to protect their nervous system even further. The subconscious mind then turns to dissociation to escape the reality of the individuals’ situations. The motor and repetitiveness is the expression of stimming which includes pacing and other repetitive movements- also aiding in keeping the individual within the dissociative fantasy. Work is done within this mode- aiding the individual to understand social dynamics and constructs and practice them in a safe place(in the imagination). Music helps to regulate these impulses and direct them to the tone of the emotions the individual is needing to express or understand. There is release from this and a gratification which can lead to an addictive/immersive probability. These children are experiencing this particular form of disassociation because they are on the Autistic Spectrum. There is far more to learn about Autism and its variations. Caetextia Theory is a good place to start I think.
Yes, it would be very interesting to see the comorbidity of high functioning asd and md especially due to similarity of some symptoms between add and asd.
I have ASD and my MaDD caused my depression. I hate both.
I want to comment that when Dr. Somer brings up "stereotypical movement" at 16:35, he mentions rocking back and forth, pacing, twirling things... it is much worse for me. I sometimes get as far and acting out strangling someone, yelling, cursing him or her out. This behavior is inhibited a lot when i am in public, when i am aware that there are other people nearby who are not interacting with me but could observe me. But when I am alone, as so many of us are most of the time these past 12 months, I do not have this inhibition and i slide down into this extreme degree often and don't catch myself until my heart is pounding with the exertion. Then I am worse than embarrassed - I am ashamed. This is distressing and dysfunctional. So it is a disorder to me.
So I am on a mission to get my MaDD under control. If they could come up with a treatment then maybe I could get get my life back.
Read my comment. No more waiting. You are the one who started changing the structure of your brain ( even if its not your fault). Now it is time to reverse that to its original state. I can't be waiting for a magic pill to come out from this research and change your whole brain structure. Time is needed.
@@lefteristzovaras1241 I do agree with you, No more waiting if you want to change really bad you will go to hell and back to do so. Change and rewiring the brain is possible you will be able to have your normal life back if you don't give up on stopping your daydreams.
Thanks doc , greetings from Romania
Thanks 🙏 for the extremely informative subject, mal adaptive daydreaming truly ruined many life’s they made people zombies in real life thanks solmer for courage and persistence on subject initiation wish there. We’re online therapy sessions people from world can join and improve
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your work!!
Thanks, nice video!
Maladaptive daydreaming ruined my studies. my marks are really bad now. And my parents don't believe me. I feel hopeless
:-(
Please tell me What can I do now??
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@@SomerClinic Thank you so much!
My MaDD changed my Aspergers diagnosis and ruined my life.
Thank you.
100 of the 433 thousand MD searches may belong to me
Thank you for sharing, I am on a quest to become more mentally healthy and did not recogniseI had this problem, I spend all alone time in bed thinking ( day dreaming) I believe I was just lazy and struggled to be motivated. I suffer from anxiety disorder and have hydrocephalus. I do find is very distressing that I can’t find motivation
Post central gyrus is the part of the brain responsible for proprioception and awareness of our surrounding, weakened proprioception can effect us to lack the deep sense of surrounding and awareness
I am maladaptive day dreamer, i dont mind to be volunter of brain scan, so as to understand what is wrong inside our brain, i think thats only our first Hope to find treatement.
Where are located, Abdelhamid?
@@SomerClinic I am from Morocco Dr, Brain scan will exhorte us to notice how our brain works during daydreaming ( seeing response of reward circuit )....Thanks to brain scan, scientists could discover similar connection between porn addiction and drugs addiction ( the same brain function and activity while watching porn or consuming cocaïne ).. thats why brain scan for maladaptive daydreamers will provide us many informations.
@@abdelhamidchguennou5478 I agree with you. For this, we also need an interested brain researcher with access to a brain scanner and a budget to run the scans.
@@SomerClinic Exactly, I wish Dr Donald Hilton join us in these mission, he is one of the most talented brain researcher and neurosurgeon in the World, and of course it will need a huge investissement for running brain scans of volunters and study their cases. Maladaptive daydreaming ruining lives, and its withdrawal asymptoms are so insane the same as drugs, these phenomenon makes us absent from our Real life. I'd like to Thank you Dr Somer for your hardworking, you give us Hope that we will be treated one day and at least we are not alone. I will be available for you in any help possible that i Can do as Maladaptive daydreamer.
Sir, I am from India, u r doing a fantastic job researching this dis order because I have contracted some doctors for it here but they just gave some antidepressants and that's all. It is disappointing that there is no proper diagnosis or treatment for this disiese, I have all the sysmtoms that u have described in ur videos and it is frustrating that it is horriblly interfering in my daily life
It's same with me. They gave me anti depressents too and it worsened my problem
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I was considering taking therapy but I have no clue whom to go for. Have heard behavioral therapy helps.
@@chandniaswani227 If you wish to better control your fantasy life, you could seek help from a mental health professional who specialises in treating habits and behavioral addictions. Careful monitoring of your MD by keeping a daily diary will help you gain awareness and better control of this activity. Mindfulness training could also be beneficial.
Hello! Thank you so much for posting this video and making it public, it's very comforting to know that there are specialized people studying this matter!
Absolutely!
What about Tetanophobia, Toxiphobia, and Rabiphobia, once I have one of these I experience all of these. Ive been suffering this since 4th grade
What do you think doctor about taking fluvoxamine or escitalopram for mdd?
Consult your doctor about this. Sometimes medication that is prescribed for OCD can be helpful.
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sir , any chance pragnency ( mental health problems WOMEN'S ) .....
Very nice presentation and sharing of knowledge. From Pakistan. What treatment would u recommend as i am sure majority of doctors do not know much about this condition.
If one wishes to better control their fantasy life, one could seek help from a mental health professional specializing in treating habits and behavioral addictions. Careful monitoring of one's MD by keeping a daily diary will help gain awareness and better control of this activity. Mindfulness training could also be beneficial. If MD is a sort of “self-medication” for other underlying issues, they also need to be addressed to ensure the sustainability of the gains. Go here www.tiktok.com/@elisomer51/video/7044498419506826502?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 to view a brief video on this matter.
@@SomerClinic Bundle of thanks. I will write email to u. You are doing a wonderful job. Keep it up.
what does this all mean for the future of Maladaptive daydreaming
What the future hopefully holds is scientific recognition of the disorder and further development of our understanding of MD and its treatment.
Doc.Eli Somer could NLP be a treatment for MD?
I don't know. This needs to be reserched.
sir, mentally women's any chance to gain pregnancy ? after married
This form of daydreaming cannot affect oregnancy
I am a viewer....can i ask a question ??
Yes, you may.
@@SomerClinic I'm Jumping in here Dr ,but i just want to thank you for bringing this condition into the public eye. I have been doing this since i was 4 or 5 twirling to a record. Fifty years later I am still doing it all day long ,and I wish I didn't.I used to look at it as an escape ,but now I look at it as a curse. My mind keeps going back to past events or missed opportunities and the day dreams involve trying to correct them by being someone i am not. The end result is depression. There is no question in my mind that this is related to my OCD. Are there and new medications on the Horizon that might be beneficial.?
@@bgandjsco1 I have you beat. I'll be 61 in May and for me MDD has been a lifelong compulsion. I've been disabled retired for ten years.
@@yansatoussaint2266 I can't imagine being in that situation. Life can be very unfair sometimes
I would very much like to join this waiting list. I would very much volunteer to give as much of my own research that have been doing on MaDD.
Hello sir, Is there any ways to Overcome this?
If you wish to better control your fantasy life, you could seek help from a mental health professional who specialises in treating habits and behavioral addictions. Careful monitoring of your MD by keeping a daily diary will help you gain awareness and better control of this activity. Mindfulness training could also be beneficial. Needless to say, that if your MD is a sort of “self-medication” for other underlying issues, they too need to be addressed to ensure the sustainability of your gains.
@@SomerClinic Ok thank you sir!