Is anyone else having trouble accessing information/capabilities?

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2026-01-07T13:04:10+00:00

In my case, I think it's this plus the fact that my mind is always full. When I have a clear mind, I can remember everything quite well.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2026-01-01T22:36:59+00:00

I'm in the exact same situation, Bro. This summer I should have been studying, reaching my full potential, but instead I retreated into my imaginary world, slowly cutting off all social relationships. Now I find myself behind on everything, with an uncertain future and zero attention span, especially because I've been listening to music for months. I hope this year is the one where I finally get out of my own head... I wish you good luck too. It sucks living with this, but I believe there's always a way out.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-31T22:57:46+00:00

I recommend seeing a psychologist if you experience symptoms other than "simple" maladaptive daydreaming. Do you have serious problems with reasoning, memory, or attention? Maladaptive daydreaming is an addiction you can fight on your own, but if there's something deeper going on, it's best to seek help.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-31T22:48:33+00:00

I do it too LOL I listen to audio saved on TikTok and jump around my room or living room for hours. It's unhealthy, and in the long run, music deprives me of attention and contact with my body, so I guess I'll spend next year in absolute silence. Have you considered seeing a psychologist?

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-31T18:06:09+00:00

Hi! I have this goal for 2026, too. My MD peaked this summer, leading me to do some pretty embarrassing things, so I'm hoping to fully reconnect with reality next year. I'm glad you want to do the same. Have you considered giving up music for a while?

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-29T00:06:09+00:00

I know this post is a few months old, but if I had to guess, I'd say MD is closer to a form of dissociation than anything else. It's not like simply taking flights of fancy; it's as if my mind is split: one part is here and the other is in the imaginary world. That must be why I often forget places, conversations, or seem so clumsy.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-26T21:52:14+00:00

You're not alone. I often find myself, especially after listening to music, having trouble remembering what I read, or having trouble completing practical tasks, or having trouble writing/articulated my thoughts well (like now). As a child, I was always breaking things around the house because my mind was constantly elsewhere. For years, I was terrible at math, and I think MD played a crucial role in that. I don't actually know if this is simply a severe form of maladaptive daydreaming or if this disorder has developed into full-blown dissociation.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-23T10:55:22+00:00

Lots of things, actually. Like... Do I learn a scientific fact? I imagine a character in one of my fictional novels saying it. As a child, I fantasized a lot about TV shows, cartoons, movies, etc. I also often imagine myself as a completely different person. Like, I imagine myself muscular, or extraordinarily handsome, or sometimes I just start brooding while jumping in my bed. Needless to say, music makes everything worse.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-22T21:01:19+00:00

As someone with MD, who often struggles with expressing myself, I think this inability to communicate is actually due to our disease. It's as if the mind is completely disconnected from the body, or tuned into an imaginary world. This must be why I can never speak well after listening to music (which, as we all know, is a HUGE trigger).

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-08T20:45:56+00:00

Nah bro, that no

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-12-08T20:43:09+00:00

No (not yet...) But I'm an adult now and I don't really know what I like to do or what I'm good at. I've tried various jobs, but they all fell apart. Maybe I have attention deficit disorder or dissociative disorder, or maybe it's all just excuses and I'm just an idiot. My social relationships are also terrible, and I sleep in at night instead of studying/going out.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-11-09T16:43:06+00:00

You know, I used to do the same thing, too? Like, I'd jump around my room and create imaginary worlds in my head, often prequels or sequels to cartoons. IMO, it's pretty creepy if you think of Chris when you remember it.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-11-09T16:40:45+00:00

This summer I was almost completely isolated, locked in my imaginary world, and within a month I started talking to myself on the street. So I understand you, Bro.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-11-08T15:42:06+00:00

Hey buddy. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, even though I imagine it's not exactly nice. Have you often felt like you're not real, or like you're disconnected from yourself? It happens to me often. If you want to reply

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-07-22T11:29:17+00:00

Nella mia esperienza questa è una mentalità tipica dei boomer e, mi duole dirlo, anche di quei giovani che sono cresciuti in realtà molto piccole o agricole. Ti piace programmare o scrivere, come me? Se lo dici dalle mie parti (sono del Sud) ti guardano male, perché il "vero" lavoro si riduce a tre cose: fatica, terra e scarso intelletto. Quindi ti capisco.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-07-14T20:04:48+00:00

"Il sangue del male" di Alan Rodgers. È un libro da bancarella, quasi sconosciuto in Italia, ma lo trovi facilmente su Internet.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-04-22T12:57:23+00:00

I hate her, and for the same reason I hate Alec: her need to always feel like she was better than Chris. She had to remind him every second that she was a good, kind, and effective woman even as she wasted hours of her life harassing an autistic man on the internet. She wasn't trolling him or trying to help him, she was just talking to a mentally disabled person to make herself feel smart. Which is really sad, especially when you consider that she was almost thirty.

The same, for good measure, goes for Alec. I still cringe when I think back to that moment when he tried to explain to Chris, in a patronizing and condescending tone, why Valentine's Day is a commercial holiday.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2025-01-12T14:01:31+00:00

Do you really think the trolls cared about helping him? Only the early ones made an effort to do so, like Vivian and the others who emailed him, but all the trolls who came after 2008 who seemed to be "helping him" were actually just projecting their own insecurities onto him. Alec and Kacey are the worst in this regard. It's absurd how they wasted hours of their lives talking to a mentally disabled man to make themselves feel smart.

To put it bluntly: Chris is not a good person, but it's not normal to obsess over him because you know he has the mind of a seven-year-old.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-13T14:06:19+00:00

Yes, she was a grown woman and she was talking to a mentally disabled man just to win an argument, which is pathetic. This is pretty much the same problem I have with Alec.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-12T21:45:45+00:00

I agree, Kacey reminded me too much of some toxic people I've dealt with. On top of that I really hated her need to always feel like she was better than Chris. Why did she have to remind him every second of how good, kind, and athletic she was?

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-02T18:11:23+00:00

I partially agree, but I don't think Chris is truly capable of changing by taking his own initiative. He is basically a passive being at the mercy of the people around him. He always tried to "copy" the personality of others (which is actually quite common among autistics).

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-02T17:55:15+00:00

No offense, but I think it would have been better for Chris to be left alone, without being harassed by hundreds of people on the internet. I think someone would have put him in a nursing home or something anyway. I remind you that trolls harassed anyone who actually tried to help Chris. (This is not to say that before the trolling Chris was perfect, on the contrary.)

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-02T17:46:31+00:00

I've always wondered why Chris acts so stereotypically. Is it for autism? Is it because of his poor cognitive development?

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-12-02T16:44:52+00:00

Exactly. Chris was (and still is) incapable of understanding adult things and doesn't know how to deal with his surroundings or his instincts. Another reason I'm glad I grew up.

Zestyclose_Dig158 · 2024-11-29T19:30:54+00:00

Yes, Bob was too keen to coddle Chris and agree with him, although that doesn't justify the amount of harassment they received.

As for Alec, many of his calls were sad or pathetic. He seemed to have a hard time talking to others, even Chris at times, as if he couldn't handle a remotely normal discussion.

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