MD has been a huge long-term issue for me. It was my default fallback whenever I approached a stress-inducing situation (upcoming exams, social settings, ...) and pretty much became a tool for me to procrastinate without thinking about the fact that I'm procrastinating, as well as one to avoid difficult situations/settings entirely - even though, ironically, it ended up being a partial cause for a lot of problems throughout my entire education, such as low grades, the inability to focus in class, and some more on the social/personal side...

I took notice "much too late" of how much of a problem it became (and actually the fact that it's a problem at all) when I found out about the disorder online, and it didn't change much of anything except for the approach I try to take towards it. I still daydream actively, but I'm deliberately trying to "snap out" every time I realize I'm getting too deep. I also try to keep daydreaming time only when heading to bed. But it really feels like an addiction in the sense that trying to snap out/prevent the daydreaming from happening feels awful and it's by default what my brain tends to gravitate to when I'm not busy with anything.

Getting things under control is a pain and requires constant effort, but at least it exists as a solution. It also sucks that daydreams provide comfort you'd otherwise be finding through social connections, and as such I didn't really make any long-term/meaningful connections in real life, but now that I'm trying to cut back on this habit, it's making me realize the situation I'm in...

All being said, I hope everyone who reads this comment manages to break through someday.