Maladaptive daydreaming is not a manifestation ritual. It causes clinically significant distress, overlapping with ...

The more time we spend in our imaginations, the more likely we're engaged in something called maladaptive daydreaming, which is a state marked by idealization, a compulsion to retreat from ...

Maladaptive daydreaming is a behavioral phenomenon characterized by excessive, immersive fantasizing that interferes with daily life. Unlike typical daydreaming, it is compulsive and can consume ...

Some of our patients often tell us they need to experience some undesirable truth first-hand to believe it. Implied is the ...

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Put down your phone, forget about your to-do list and let your mind go wherever it wants to – because according to a new study, it’s not a waste of time. Have you ever caught yourself drifting ...

New research has found that people in the UK spend on average 780 hours a year daydreaming, which is the equivalent of an entire calendar month. It seems we spend a huge amount of time in la la ...