I've been addicted to daydreaming since I was 10-11yrs old. I do it daily. Everytime I come back to reality I become so depressed and anxious. It's idolatry. I'm idolizing my desires more than God. I need to stop but I've been doing it so long it's hard to do
I have been daydreaming since I was a little girl, God has been revealing to me very recently that it is a sin and I need to stop. I spend hours in a whole daydream and then when I snap out of it I feel empty. I pray healing over any followers of Christ struggling with maladaptive dreaming, it's not easy to break out of, but we have to keep pushing. Keep praying, reading your Bible, fast and surrender your thoughts to God!
god has spoken to me about this before but i still kind of do it because i did it so much as a child as a coping mechanism to the treatment i got at home. i even wrote books of what i wanted for my life to make me feel better and i stopped writing those books but i still daydream and the daydreams make me crave to write fantasy books. i haven't gone back to it but it is still there. i feel like because i started doing it at such a young age, it is harder to break. to be honest, i don't know how to stop. anything triggers it, even christian music with a nice beat will send me off to my own world and i'm 24 now. it's embarrassing actually but yeah, that's my story with that specific issue. i want to fast but the last time i did that, i did not last 2 days and i almost went mad.
Please don’t feel embarrassed. I actually have the exact same issue since childhood because of my home life. Now that I’ve been saved AND given my life to God, it’s something He has been helping me with. Please ask Him for help and to clear your mind. For me, it also required healing from those childhood things. It takes that humility and humbleness to go before Him and ask for the help. Just know that when you ask, He will do it. I’m 28 now and I slide back into it but the second I notice, I correct it and repent. It’s hard at first but God will strengthen you! God needs our attention especially in these times. 🩷
Don't give up. What you can't do with your strength, God can do with his power. I know it's very hard to break it (I'm trying myself) but it's important to remember that God can do anything, he will give you strength 😃
Hi Briana the book ‘Quit Daydreaming: How to wake up & break free’ is a great book that addresses fantasizing and MA from a Christian perspective. Thank you for sharing your experience
God has kept me isolated my entire life… I was hardly in school growing up because I’m chronically ill. It’s been mostly solitude and hospitals where it’s just me and God. I live in my head because I’m dissatisfied and sickly, but I’m trying to focus on God more and be more intentional with where God has me. I’m 25 and often feel like I don’t have a life but then tell myself I do, it just can’t look like others.
You spoke concerning this important issue with clarity and understanding. Derek Prince (now deceased) stated "Revelation is the greatest destructive force to the strongholds and the lies of the Enemy." . God bless youand thank you.
I have always dealt with the spirit of rejection since i was a child especially in the area of romantic love. I constantly daydream im married and loved. Being single with 2 kids and no options in sight in real life is so lonely i despair of life itself. God wants me to stop fantasizing but i hate being single and alone. But this is an idol i have to let go....
Yes, we have all been there. The spirit of rejection feed off of trauma and unforgiveness! Sit with God and doesn’t and ask him for help. If you’re able to you should also fast! Isaiah 58:6 (read the whole chapter) as God for help!
@@brianatashekait gives tips on how we can connect our minds back to the image of God as how he created us in the beginning. This is through the word of God and prayer
I am unsure about this. I used to spend hrs thinking about characters and putting them in scenarios / stories. I have stepped away from this because IT WAS a demonic stronghold / idol. I no longer feel any attachment to these characters after being delivered. I still wonder if this is okay in moderation but I don't think it is.
@@OopsieCube I honestly think it’s okay to use your imagination. If she is just using it to brainstorm ideas for her story and keeping it under control/ not making it an idol, it should be fine!❤️ So happy to hear that you were delivered tho❤️! I do agree on doing whatever you can to not fall back into that idolization of daydreaming!
@Youlovejo Thank you! ❤ All glory to God. I would still like to try making a story but not in my head for hours, but instead as a comic or as an actual written story. But I would have to make sure the contents are pleasing to God. After all I am a representative of God. God bless ❤
I've been addicted to daydreaming since I was 10-11yrs old. I do it daily.
Everytime I come back to reality I become so depressed and anxious.
It's idolatry. I'm idolizing my desires more than God. I need to stop but I've been doing it so long it's hard to do
I have been daydreaming since I was a little girl, God has been revealing to me very recently that it is a sin and I need to stop. I spend hours in a whole daydream and then when I snap out of it I feel empty. I pray healing over any followers of Christ struggling with maladaptive dreaming, it's not easy to break out of, but we have to keep pushing. Keep praying, reading your Bible, fast and surrender your thoughts to God!
god has spoken to me about this before but i still kind of do it because i did it so much as a child as a coping mechanism to the treatment i got at home. i even wrote books of what i wanted for my life to make me feel better and i stopped writing those books but i still daydream and the daydreams make me crave to write fantasy books. i haven't gone back to it but it is still there. i feel like because i started doing it at such a young age, it is harder to break. to be honest, i don't know how to stop. anything triggers it, even christian music with a nice beat will send me off to my own world and i'm 24 now. it's embarrassing actually but yeah, that's my story with that specific issue. i want to fast but the last time i did that, i did not last 2 days and i almost went mad.
Please don’t feel embarrassed. I actually have the exact same issue since childhood because of my home life. Now that I’ve been saved AND given my life to God, it’s something He has been helping me with. Please ask Him for help and to clear your mind. For me, it also required healing from those childhood things. It takes that humility and humbleness to go before Him and ask for the help. Just know that when you ask, He will do it. I’m 28 now and I slide back into it but the second I notice, I correct it and repent. It’s hard at first but God will strengthen you! God needs our attention especially in these times. 🩷
Don't give up. What you can't do with your strength, God can do with his power.
I know it's very hard to break it (I'm trying myself) but it's important to remember that God can do anything, he will give you strength 😃
❤
Hi Briana the book ‘Quit Daydreaming: How to wake up & break free’ is a great book that addresses fantasizing and MA from a Christian perspective.
Thank you for sharing your experience
Thank you for linking that!
God has kept me isolated my entire life… I was hardly in school growing up because I’m chronically ill. It’s been mostly solitude and hospitals where it’s just me and God. I live in my head because I’m dissatisfied and sickly, but I’m trying to focus on God more and be more intentional with where God has me. I’m 25 and often feel like I don’t have a life but then tell myself I do, it just can’t look like others.
You spoke concerning this important issue with clarity and understanding. Derek Prince (now deceased) stated "Revelation is the greatest destructive force to the strongholds and the lies of the Enemy." . God bless youand thank you.
God bless you!
This video was definitely for me iv daydreamed ever since I was a child , but if it’s not in Gods will then it must go. Please pray for me.
Me too this is so convicting
Thank you God for this message. I just realised i need deliverance
I have always dealt with the spirit of rejection since i was a child especially in the area of romantic love. I constantly daydream im married and loved. Being single with 2 kids and no options in sight in real life is so lonely i despair of life itself. God wants me to stop fantasizing but i hate being single and alone. But this is an idol i have to let go....
Yes, we have all been there. The spirit of rejection feed off of trauma and unforgiveness! Sit with God and doesn’t and ask him for help. If you’re able to you should also fast! Isaiah 58:6 (read the whole chapter) as God for help!
Sister, I can relate so much. Thank you for sharing!!
Sis straight facts I do it more than I’ll like to admit!!!
Thanks for this message
Just seeing this, Thank you very much!
I bought the Battle for the mind by Noel Jones and I can't wait to read it. His book review was soo powerful and impactful.
Wow! Would love to hear how it is!
@@brianatashekait gives tips on how we can connect our minds back to the image of God as how he created us in the beginning. This is through the word of God and prayer
I’ve been feeling led to watch this video for daysss glory to God, i definitely needed to hear this
Praise God!
Amen this so helpful!! Have you ever been a security guard?
Hi sis love u
Amen
Does using your imagination to make stories count as Maladaptive daydreaming and idolatry if you are only trying to make a story and nothing else?
Hey! No, that’s okay.
@@Youlovejo ok thanks :)
I am unsure about this. I used to spend hrs thinking about characters and putting them in scenarios / stories. I have stepped away from this because IT WAS a demonic stronghold / idol.
I no longer feel any attachment to these characters after being delivered. I still wonder if this is okay in moderation but I don't think it is.
@@OopsieCube I honestly think it’s okay to use your imagination. If she is just using it to brainstorm ideas for her story and keeping it under control/ not making it an idol, it should be fine!❤️ So happy to hear that you were delivered tho❤️! I do agree on doing whatever you can to not fall back into that idolization of daydreaming!
@Youlovejo Thank you! ❤ All glory to God.
I would still like to try making a story but not in my head for hours, but instead as a comic or as an actual written story.
But I would have to make sure the contents are pleasing to God. After all I am a representative of God.
God bless ❤