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119: The Science of Maladaptive Daydreaming

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4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Some people report being unable to stop daydreaming, to the point that it takes over their entire lives. Maladaptive Daydreaming isn’t yet a recognised disorder, but it only gets more strange from there...

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References & Further Reading

Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Media
  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_daydream_that_never_stops
  2. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/
  3. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/when-daydreaming-replaces-real-life/391319/
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/at-home/daydreaming.html
  5. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/30/health/maladaptive-daydreaming-feature/index.html

Eli Somer 
  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/SomerClinic/videos
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZ7ivOSKjQ
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loE6Cq8lUS4
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZxHmfpcsI
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_scn44bTEE
  6. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=cIDL8CEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Maladpative Daydreaming

Pathologising, Disorders, & The DSM-5

Transcript

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0:00.0

What are we starting with today?

0:02.0

Oh!

0:03.0

Patreon something.

0:05.0

Spotify update.

0:07.0

Jamp has got it right this time.

0:09.0

Something to do with the patrons.

0:10.0

They want to thank our patrons.

0:11.0

Ah.

0:12.0

Lovely little patrons, they suggested this episode this week.

0:15.0

Of course.

0:16.0

They did, yeah, they voted for it on Patreon, and now we're doing that vote because we believe in democracy.

0:21.6

Don't we?

0:22.6

Absolutely.

0:23.6

Cool, great. So I'm gonna ask everyone a question.

0:25.6

You don't need to answer.

0:26.6

Did you have an imaginary friend growing up?

0:28.6

No.

0:29.6

Answer that question, please.

0:30.6

Let's know in the comments.

0:31.6

Start the show.

0:32.6

Let's start the show.

0:33.6

Start the show.

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