Maladaptive daydreaming is when a person spends an excessive amount of time preoccupied with elaborate daydreams, and often prefers these fantasies to their real life. While not currently recognized as a mental health condition, research suggests that this problem does exist, and that it shares many of the same features as addictive, impulse control, and obsessive compulsive disorders.

Maladaptive Daydreaming

symptoms may include one or several of the following: - highly vivid and immersive daydreams- abnormally long daydreams that are hard to escape- an inability to carry out daily tasks- daydreams that are triggered by external events or stimuli, such as watching a movie or listening to music- sleep disruption and insomnia- repetitive and unconscious movements when daydreaming, such as rocking back and forth or twitching

Are You A Maladaptive Daydreamer?

Maladaptive daydreaming, for starters, is addictive. Everything is happening there and then, You hardly have any idea of reality. You make facial expressions i.e grin, laugh or even feel like crying , which will be noticed by the people around you , who will then rate you “crazy” or “weird” , leading you social isolation, which further pushes you into daydreaming.It is very elaborate , has plots equivalent to novels or movies ( mostly better) and once triggered , it is nearly impossible to stop. You can't just shake it off. Secondly, it can be triggered by a lot of things..

There is no fixed solution for Maladaptive daydreaming but a few steps which can help you :Identify and Reduce TriggersStart Treating the Underlying TraumaHave Direct Open Dialogues with YourselfSwitch Gears Into Analytic ActionCount in a Foreign Language or Recite a poemNarrate Your ActionsTrack Your TimeTalk to Your Doctor

Get Rid Of It.

Maladaptive daydreaming involves complex daydreams that interfere with daily life. They may occur with ADHD and other conditions. Learn more.

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Maladaptive Daydreaming: A beautiful but unhealthy escape from reality. 

Modern day vampires are people around you filled with toxicity and often leaves negative impact on you or end up exhausting your energy hence the term "ENERGY VAMPIRE"Energy vampires are people who — sometimes intentionally — drain your emotional energy. They feed on your willingness to listen and care for them, leaving you exhausted and overwhelmed.

Vampires Exists But They Are Not Who You Think.

What makes energy vampires so toxic is that they can be sources of chronic stress,. Especially if the energy vampire is someone you can’t avoid such as friend,a parent,boss etc. constantly having your energy drained by that individual is a stressor,that type of chronic stress is well known to have pretty bad effects on multiple systems in the body, including the immune, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and central nervous systems. Evidence shows that people under chronic stress are at a higher risk of chronic problems ranging from autoimmune diseases to heart disease, obesity and depression.

Spending Too Much Time With Them Is A Health Hazard

1) Be clear about your boundaries with them.2) Adjust your expectations.3) Be intentional about how much space they have in your life.4) Don’t engage energy vampires.5) Do not overreact.6) Say No nicely.7) Cut them out of your life if you can.

Seven Easy Steps To Deal With Energy Vampires In Your Life.

Read about how to identify people and who to steer clear from in a bunch of really wise articles and it helped me spend my emotional energy a little less.

Energy vampires are people who drain your emotional energy. They feed on your willingness to listen and care for them. They leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Starting to sound familiar? Here's how to identify and respond to this toxic behavior.

Maladaptive Daydreaming: A beautiful but unhealthy escape from reality.

Vampires walking around you.

Akshat Shrivastava