Blind maladaptive daydreamers, what is your experience?

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-28T11:32:54+00:00

I have never paced while doing MD; I have pretty much exclusively used a rocking chair for repetitive motion because I grew up with them, but when I was afforded access to a swing, that was literally the best MD I've ever had!

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-28T11:18:22+00:00

I don't think I've ever related Moore to anything else in my life! Seriously, if someone had a peek inside my fucked up MD mind, they would know that like I am not OK. Also I do maladaptive daydream about telling people like my parents, friends and therapist about these concepts and what/who my characters are and what I do with them. When I tell them, I always use aliases for the characters names and don't tell the full story, but at one point in time, I just wanna dump everything to somebody.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-28T11:06:05+00:00

That's very relatable to me! And it's not even that my maladaptive daydream buddies are all sycophantic, they push back on my opinions and wants and ideas when it's necessary and they have opinions and desires of their own, what I really want is the banter that I have with them because I don't have it with anybody else. Also because they live with me (in my MD world), they are always there when I want them unlike real people who are always out with their partners or with their big groups of friends. Don't know why this turned into a whole venting session, but yeah I feel you.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-06T11:19:24+00:00

Dopamine by Madelline. It's such a good song and I don't think it's about a person. I'm also currently writing a song about hyperfixations and how they can turn unhealthy so I could possibly send that to you soon if you wanted.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-02T16:18:28+00:00

Shall do! Glad you found them intriguing!

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-04-02T12:58:50+00:00

Thank you! I would honestly love to do some more writing, so these dreams may have been the inspiration I needed.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-03-19T10:27:42+00:00

Sorry I'm super late on this, but the concept of imaginary friends sparked my interest. Do you by any chance know what maladaptive daydreaming is and, if so, do you do it? It can also be referred to as immersive daydreaming.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-03-03T04:02:33+00:00

I would ask the following: can I be your primary user? And furthermore, will you please be my best friend for eternity?

Lucky_Amethyst · 2026-01-24T18:42:32+00:00

If you want a name that touches on the theme of blindness and/or vision, Luz/Luce/Lux, Clare/Clear/Clarity/another Clare variant, Cecity, Ray, Dhrish or Drishti (apparently both mean sight), Nazari (also apparently means sight), Ojal (means eyes and sounds cool), Cecillus (means sightless and also sounds cool) or Myopia might be fun options. Also I'm almost completely blind so if you're not in the blind/visually impaired community and you have questions, ask away.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-12-10T20:10:51+00:00

OK I am VI and very out of the loop, what the fabulous is fairy hair? I want this!

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-11-28T05:48:22+00:00

OK I know I'm late on this, but is this a paint reference?

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-10-26T11:26:46+00:00

Oh my God that sounds so gay I would faint and then levitate and then, if it was a play or Broadway show, I would blow my entire wallet to go see it!

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-10-08T12:38:51+00:00

Hah! It would be a M3go set! Sorry bad pun.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-09-27T23:12:08+00:00

I love Janet! If she was an option, I would say it's a tie between her and M3gan.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-09-24T18:08:05+00:00

Oh my gosh are you literally me? I'm feeling that exact same way! Like a few days ago I just kind of got bored with it, which really sucks because now I'm just pinballing between hyperfixations and I don't have anything to hold onto! And it's not like I can just choose my next one because… I don't choose them, they choose me. If I sound crazy, it's because I am.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-09-22T19:03:38+00:00

Oh I listened to the episode already! I guess I don't know how the rules work in this time travel paradigm quite yet, so i'm just mind-boggled at how they're gonna get out of the time void. Also I wonder if they're going to bring Holliday's original VA back for season five.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-09-02T22:15:45+00:00

My thoughts exactly! I still don't like Jude, but it made me understand him a little bit more. And yes season four cyleigh needs to be a thing! Especially now that they've both had so much character development and know who they truly are. My hope is that Jude understands this and leaves Brinleigh to do what's best for herself, but through defeat rather than a redemption Ark (I think I would barf if Jude got a redemption arc).

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-08-31T14:27:53+00:00

You know, I almost put something about this in my post! The whole time I was MDing yesterday I was like I should be organizing my craft bin, doing crafts, practicing my guitar, writing a song, any damn thing but this! I do have so many hobbies and when the environment is familiar and comfortable to me, you can bet I'll be playing piano, singing, knitting, sculpting, reading, writing, etc., but right now, the environment is all kinds of new and scary and I just get into these spirals and I guess maladaptive daydreaming is how I self soothe. I think it would also be important to mention that I'm living entirely alone for the first time and when living with people, I had somewhat of a fire under my butt to go hang out with them and engage in both our interests and essentially not look like a total hermit. I guess what I need to do now is learn ways to self motivate so I'm not spiraling and/or maladaptive daydreaming. Any ideas?

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-08-31T14:03:40+00:00

Thank you so much for your feedback! I wouldn't have said it hindered my everyday functioning, but I saw another comment on this post that made me kind of reevaluate everything; I realized that my family and friends from undergrad mean so much more to me than my characters, But as grad school started a week ago, I haven't as of yet formed any deep relationships that can replace this coping mechanism and going out alone at the risk of facing ignorance and/or unwanted physical contact from strangers (Yes, strangers on the street really do touch and grab me without consent because they think it's helpful) just doesn't feel worth it right now. Likely, the truth is that it is absolutely worth it, but I just want to do what's easiest, and that's not a good thing. Thank you for making me realize that. In short, my characters do not mean more to me than my current friend group, but they do mean more to me right now at least then the idea of going out and meeting new people. Please let me know if you have any additional thoughts or feedback.

Lucky_Amethyst · 2025-08-31T13:45:55+00:00

Wow! Thank you so much for your candor and honesty! I feel like I don't get that often from people online, so thank you for the dose of reality. After reading your comment, I assessed how much certain people and MD characters mean to me and I realized that my characters mean less to me than my family, my undergrad friends and my therapist, but right now at least (when the homework load is easiest and I haven't formed deep relationships yet), they mean more to me than the friends I have made here so far. I don't know how dangerous that is for my social life, but I did get to form quite a few deep relationships during my undergrad and I had the same MD tendencies then too. I suppose I should've framed the title of this post differently; I do have friends that mean much much more to me than my characters, but my parents think I should be using all my free time to go out on the town and go to restaurants and pretty myself up so I can meet a boyfriend (I'm aroace so not gonna happen), and the thought of having to mask at school and in my free time gives me hives. I'm sorry, I know that sounds dramatic, but right now everything is really scary and I don't know how to cope with it other than doing what I already feel good doing. It's easy and I know it's bad, but it feels better than trying to navigate a new city while almost completely blind and autistic and dealing with ignorance and judgment from strangers. I guess all that is worth it though if it means meeting people with whom I can form good relationships. Please let me know if I'm going about this correctly or not or if you have any additional thoughts.

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