The lead researcher, Eli Somer of the University of Haifa in Israel, was the first to name the condition in 2002. Their objective is to share evidence about this under-reported condition so it can be entered the latest edition of the renowned Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).Īccording to the study, there is “a large and growing number of online international forums and websites on which individuals profess to have been secretly suffering from maladaptive daydreaming for years.” Maladaptive daydreaming is a psychological concept in which excessive fantasy activity can replace human interaction and interfere with vital everyday tasks, according to a 2016 study by an international team of researchers. Online, her condition is called maladaptive daydreaming. It was only through an anonymous internet question that she finally discovered that there were other people like her. She’s scared of asking for professional help, because no medical books list her symptoms or offer a diagnosable condition. It’s awkward when real people, who are also characters in my daydreams, treat me different than they do in my dream world,” Waite said. “It makes me get attached to people in an unrealistic way.
She now knows that her daydreams aren’t real, but it does not make life any easier. Employers keep letting her go, as she’s often distracted, nervous or late because of her dreams. Waite’s longest job - as a grocery clerk - lasted one year.
Waite describes her daydreams as a painful addiction, just like a drug, that make it hard for her to keep a job or a relationship. She fills her mind with fictional people she meets as she moves. When her imagination is active, her thoughts make her stay at home, pacing: The repetitive movement helps her become immersed in make-believe worlds.
“The intensity of my daydreams and how they’ve affected my life is not normal,” said Waite, who lives in California.
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