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Title: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: Botswana Agate on May 25, 2015, 08:37:57 PM Hey, everyone~~
What's that kind of daydreaming that one egages in as a defense mechanism? On the extreme end, one actually believes the scenarios, people, and things in it are *actually* happening or have happened, and I can't think of the name! It's driving me nuts. I've done this to a far lesser degree, and have been working on it in therapy. I've come to realize it's due to the unfortunate circumstance of being raised and abused by a uBPD mother with u-histrionic traits and a badly enabling father. But what's the name of this daydreaming? Gah, I'm going nuts, I know it has a name! Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: Naughty Nibbler on May 25, 2015, 09:04:36 PM Defense Mechanisms? Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: Botswana Agate on May 25, 2015, 09:14:16 PM Sorry? If you tried posting a link it didn't work.
I wanna say something like psycho-reactive daydreaming, but that's not it. Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: ShieldsUp12 on May 26, 2015, 05:56:27 PM Could it be maladaptive daydreaming? I just did a Google search for it, so that might not be it.
Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: seahorse on May 27, 2015, 05:27:01 AM Dissociation?
Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: Sunfl0wer on May 27, 2015, 08:05:03 AM Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: Botswana Agate on May 28, 2015, 10:47:42 AM MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMING, YES! THANK YOU!
Title: Re: what's that daydreaming as a defense mechanism? Post by: ShieldsUp12 on May 29, 2015, 07:11:23 PM You're welcome BA. I had never heard of it before, but it strikes a bit of a chord with me.
I often escaped into fantasy as a child and still sometimes do. |