Parallel Lives

We're back from our long hiatus! Dimmer and Halo talk with Karishma about what 'cure' might mean for Maladaptive Daydreamers. Hit all the notification buttons, we haven't pinned down a stable schedule yet. Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89YInternational Society for Maladaptive Daydreaming: https://maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com/Reddit community: https://www.reddit.co...

Today Dimmer talks to Canadian psychologist and psychoanalyst, Susan Meindl about Jungian themes and Active Imagination. Q couldn't make this episode, but don't worry, he'll be back for the next. See below for details of Susan's presentation to the C G Jung Society of Montreal! Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On: The Role of Fantasy in Jungian Life A lecture by Susan Meindl   Friday,...

Today we talk to Maladaptive Daydreaming blogger, Ky, about fear MDers may have around "quitting" daydreaming. Ky's Blog The Daydream Place: for immersive/maladaptive daydreamers Link to Discord:   / discord   Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community:   / maladaptivedreaming   International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https:...

Q and Dimmer dive into the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Links to stuff mentioned in the episode: MD writing server: https://discord.gg/NvZmmukYsw Daydreamer Newsletter contact page: https://maladaptivedaydreamers.com/contact/  General Resources and Links: Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Maladaptive Daydreaming Center: https://maladaptivedaydreamingcenter.org/Reddit comm...

Today we talk to fellow YouTuber LittleOlBee about the expectations that others hold for Maladaptive Daydreamers.  I'm not even sure that's a good way to explain it but it's the best I can do.    Bee's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgauOFQFcdrISHf7biOQA4g  Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/...

This week Dimmer and substitute co-host, Karishma, chat with Hillary about how MD and hobbies intersect.    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-resea...

Today we welcome Halo back to talk about how MDers relate to reality. We touch on "dramatic irony", "true love" and "time".   Links to stuff mentioned in the episode: MD writing server: https://discord.gg/NvZmmukYsw Daydreamer Newsletter contact page: https://maladaptivedaydreamers.com/contact/  General Resources and Links: Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Maladaptive Daydr...

Part 5 of a series covering The Guide to Maladaptive Daydreaming; Overcoming Fantasy Addiction, a blog by the MDer known as Eretaia.  Today we'll be covering part 5, "Was it All Just a Lie?" with Lisa.       The Guide to MD blog series: https://maladaptivedaydreamingguide.wordpress.com/guide/   Our email: ContactParallelLives@gmail.com Send us fan art!     T...

Part 4 of a series covering The Guide to Maladaptive Daydreaming; Overcoming Fantasy Addiction, a blog by the MDer known as Eretaia.  Today we'll be covering part four, "The Void" with Michael (Happy). The Guide to MD blog series: https://maladaptivedaydreamingguide.wordpress.com/guide/   Our email: ContactParallelLives@gmail.com Send us fan art and topic ideas!   The dissertation m...

Part 2 of a series covering The Guide to Maladaptive Daydreaming; Overcoming Fantasy Addiction, a blog by the MDer known as Eretaia.  Today we'll be covering part 3, "Are You There" with Liz.    A message from Thomas: Hi everyone. My name is Thomas Renckens and I'm a Dutch documentary filmmaker based in Amsterdam.  In 2020 I made a short documentaly film about MD - my graduatio...

Part 2 of a series covering The Guide to Maladaptive Daydreaming; Overcoming Fantasy Addiction, a blog by the MDer known as Eretaia.  Today we'll be covering par two, "What You Are and What You Are Not" with Mon.   The Guide to MD blog series: https://maladaptivedaydreamingguide.wordpress.com/guide/ Our email: ContactParallelLives@gmail.com Send us fan art! The Log Book Amazon https://ww...

Part 1 of a series covering The Guide to Maladaptive Daydreaming; Overcoming Fantasy Addiction, a blog by the MDer known as Eretaia.  Today we'll be covering "Fall of the Self" with Nymph. The Guide to MD blog series: https://maladaptivedaydreamingguide.wordpress.com/guide/ Somer, E., Somer, L. & Halpern, N. (2019). Representations of maladaptive daydreaming and the self: A qualitati...

Here we talk with Liz about how we knew it was MD following a user request via email.   NPR video Liz mentions: https://youtu.be/ckYSydGYKRU Smoking video Dimmer mentions: https://youtu.be/GGiNOzk0aNg Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamrese...

In this episode we talk to Emerie and Pumpkin Queen about how Maladaptive Daydreaming and asexuality intersect in their lived experience.  The paper Dimmer mentions in the beginning; https://somer.co.il/images/docs/2016_Bigelsen_et_al_MD_under-researched_Dx.pdf Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https...

Here we talk to guest, Kayla about Maladaptive Daydreaming Crashes.   Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications  Art by: SPFitzgerald...

In this episode Q, Dimmer and guest, Hilary, take the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16).  This is part 2, part 1 as released May 1s 2022.   The MDS-16: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/measures Somer, E., Lehrfeld J., Jopp, D.S., & Bigelsen, J. (2016). Development and Validation of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS). Consciousness and Cognition, 39, 77-91. D...

In this episode Q, Dimmer and guest, Hilary, take the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16).  This is part 1, part 2 will be released May 16th 2022.   The MDS-16: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/measures Somer, E., Lehrfeld J., Jopp, D.S., & Bigelsen, J. (2016). Development and Validation of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS). Consciousness and Cognition, 39, 7...

Today we're talking with Sinaeh about how to study with Maladaptive Daydreaming  The Newsletter: https://maladaptivedaydreamers.com/resources/ The Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ The Discord https://discord.gg/A5aCVvC4yuThe ICMDR (research site) https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research The MDC (community site) https://maladaptivedaydreamingcenter.org/  Thu...

Today we're talking to Maladaptive Daydreamer, Pepper, and her mother Heather about discovering Maladaptive Daydreaming. Note*  We had a little trouble with the end of the recording, kindly ignore any audio weirdness, apologies if it's distracting.  The Newsletter: https://maladaptivedaydreamers.com/resources/ The Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ The Discord https:...

Today we talk about the recent "I Spent a Day With" episode about Maladaptive Daydreaming on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel. The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqOeE20Grc The Newsletter: https://maladaptivedaydreamers.com/resources/ Jaynes YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmv2xTbLt4gsEkOfNnQU2GQ/videos The Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ The Discord htt...

Today we're talking to Shae, who has been running a Maladaptive Daydreamers 'peer support' group on Zoom for the last year. A link to Shae's Discord which provides links to the zoom meetings: https://discord.gg/U3Qdr4AH9m The Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ The Discord https://discord.gg/A5aCVvC4yu The ICMDR (research site) https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research T...

The paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/386/htm Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald....

Best of the guests; Karishma, episode 2, responding to the question "How difficult was the decision to tell someone about your Maladaptive Daydreaming?"   Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: htt...

Best of the guests; Halo, episode 1, responding to the question "How does Maladaptive Daydreaming effect your life?"   Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md...

Best of the guests; Karishma, episode 1, responding to "Tell us about a moment from your life which would illustrate to someone how Maladaptive Daydreaming effects you."   Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/ Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/ International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydream...