"Maladaptive daydreaming is when you're listening to music, watching a movie, or just staring into space while imagining different scenarios in your head,' she explained in a recent TikTok video. 'It is a form of dissociation where your brain is imagining alternate realities to cope with how scary your actual reality is,' she added. LePera explained that often in these scenarios, people will replay situations where you have the 'perfect response' to a past uncomfortable interaction."
"'For most people, this starts at a young age, where you fantasize about being part of a TV family or moving somewhere or even having a celebrity parent,' she explained. 'This is a sign that your nervous system was looking for a fantasy because reality was too overwhelming and too painful.' She added that maladaptive daydreaming isn't necessarily negative since it helps people to process emotions. 'All of us do this to some extent,' she assured followers."
Maladaptive daydreaming is a form of dissociation in which a person imagines alternate realities while listening to music, watching media, or staring into space. The brain creates fantasy scenarios to cope with an overwhelming or painful reality, often replaying events to produce a 'perfect response' that provides closure or imagined justice. Common targets include breakups, workplace incidents, and reimagined interactions. This tendency often begins in childhood as a nervous-system response to distress. Mild daydreaming can aid emotional processing and memory reorganization, but excessive immersion can impair social connection and may reflect trauma or chronic stress.
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