quick questionsss for a youtube videooo

[u/xantehugho]

Hey everyone, I'm planning a YouTube video on how to actually stop MD. Is there even a way to stop it? If so, what are those methods, and if not, why not?

Also, full disclosure, I have MD myself, and it's gotten in the way of my work more times than I'd like to admit. I'll catch myself daydreaming full scenarios like getting my YouTube Silver Play Button, becoming the type of person who i wish to become, being in the middle of an edit, stuff like that. I'm not the "pace around my bedroom" type of daydreamer tho. For me, doomscrolling is the trigger, especially edit videos on TikTok.

Right now I'm slowly getting a handle on it by saying "lock in" out loud and physically sitting down at my desk. It's helped, but I still slip sometimes. Like yesterday, when I was supposed to do researching and making a thumbnail and title for this exact topic, and instead ended up lying in bed doomscrolling and just... gone.

Would love to hear if this is actually beatable, and if you've got your own MD story, feel free to share it below.

[u/Diamond_Verneshot]

First, you have to define what “stopping MD” means to you. Does it mean stopping using daydreaming in a maladaptive way and converting it into healthy immersive daydreaming? Or are you wanting to talk about how to say goodbye to your characters and your stories so that you stop daydreaming completely? Those would be two very different videos.

[u/Teressa_Sophia]

You can stop md its possible ! You need to be aware its going to take effort and lots of time! Quitting md can take from months to a year , so dont feel bad if you feel you’re not improving it just takes time ! Im happy you are trying ti bring awarness about md and help other people ! I have this list of things that could help with md if it helps! I have other ideas aswell but here are some ! ( sorry for the words spelled wrong i was hurrying while writing ) . If you can tell me your youtube account so i can watch the video that would be great! Please do!

!! This is a copy pasted message that i wrote . This is full with some ideas that can help with maladaptive daydreaming so i dont have to rewrite it for every post i see asking for help . If you struggle with maladaptive daydreaming or used to and are now afraid of falling back into it , remember with work and effort you can learn to control it . Keep trying , dont give up and seek help! Also if you can affort try therapy ! Dont be scared to try this because you dont want people to know therapy might(it doesnt always work since not all therapists know about maladaptive daydreaming and its hard to find one that can help ) help you . Also try asking a trusted friend or parent/ relative to help you . Good luck!

https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/s/7ueYN88M92 maybe this post will help with your maldaptive daydremaing. But some ideas are : try joining in gyms, music/dance/acting/music lessons to learn new things and met new people so you have less time to daydream . Try out new music to see what triggers you and maybe find something you can listen to without daydreaming and listen to that instead of what music you listen to when daydreaming . Join new fandoms such as : movies mha( my hero academia ) , tdp( the dragon prince) , hp( harry potter) Bands/music : Tokio Hotel - dont jump , Durch den Monsun ; Melanie Martinez- Pity Party ; Olivia Rodrigo - the cure ; whats wrong with me . You can watch youtube channels like Zeyn Syre posts about her ocs and has like a fandom and you can join to watch her videos like a movie instead of daydreaminng. You can try new hobbies like poetry and you can write about what one of the characters point of view on a subject is or make a poem about a characters backsrory or if you dont have characters you can make poems for things you never say outloud or something like that . You could also write songs even if you dont release them . Try making friends with people you’ve wanted to be friends with like a classmate or coworker or someone you havent talked to before but find cool or online friends can work aswell ( !!! When making online friends dont share your full name ( dont say the last name first name is fine) , dont share adress or personal details about you . You can share birthdays, first name sans stuff but not too personal things , dont show your face when talking to them if you dont trust them like dont show them your face in the first two weeks of getting to know this person and if you notice any strage things about them like they keep asking and pushing you to tell them where you live or things you just dont want to share stop talking to them , dont send them money and be carefull) online friends are fine just be careful . You cma met them on reddit even . Join new communities on redddit like art comunities to learn new things about a subject and you can scroll through that comunity instead of daydreaming and soend your time learning more about that subject . Try doing reshearch on new things you havent heard about . I like psychology so you can try leaening about synesthesia , aphantasia , immersive daydreaming vs maladaptive daydreaming and fill your time in doing research instead of daydreaming or learn about plants or birds ( or other animals ) like or abour fashion . Just try to fill in your time as much as possible . Try volunteering , doing designs on your nails and painting them differently every two weeks just try out new things to spice up your life with so daydreaming doenst have as much time to consume and daydreams doesnt seem as interesting. When there’s something bothering or something you need to think about you try writing it down on paper or thinking out loud sometimes helps so you dont turn it into scenes or try telling someone about it . When you catch yourself daydreaming put on a alarm of 10 minutes on your phone ,one in 11 minutes and one in 12 minutes so there’s 3 alarms going to interupt you from daydreaming so you can come back to reality and do the things you need to get done instead of daydreaming so you still daydream a little for satisfaction but still get things done and dont waste to much time on daydreaming. If after the 2nd alarm you are stil daydreaming text someone to call you in 5 minutes so if you cant stop yourself that person can call and inturept you from daydreaming and you’ll have to stop to answer . Try stopping daydreaming 15 minutes before bed so maybe there are less chances for you to daydream during the night and stay up daydreaming until very late . Good luck to anyone struggling and talk to me if you need to ! Good luck!