An Important Update
Today marks the anniversary of this blog. Honestly, I can’t remember if this blog is three or four years old...either way, this space, and the community I’ve built around it, has been years in the making. I’ve watched the online maladaptive community grow from a few blogs here and there to an international group of people, both on and offline, who know about or have the condition.
That’s why it’s going to be so hard to write this.
For years, I have shared my personal struggles with this site and helped you with your own. However, as some long-time followers might remember, in early 2020, I realized I had, over the course of many months, stopped struggling with maladaptive daydreaming. I was in a much better place in my life: I moved to a new home a thousand miles away, found myself involved with several amazing groups, built a supportive group of friends, and started practicing spirituality. Most importantly, I routinely attended therapy and started taking medication.
The change to my blog as a result of all of this might be noticeable. I’ve been posting fewer memes and personal reflections, and for a while, the only activity on this blog has been me answering asks. While I love helping all of you, after a while, the questions get repetitive and I don’t have new advice to give. (For those of you who don’t know, I have gathered together all of my advice into a hashtag on my profile: “#daydreaming help.” Go there if you want answers to your questions.)
Again, I never mind helping people. It brings me joy to walk people through such a scary and difficult part of their lives. However, I know that the longer I am relatively MaDD-free, the less helpful I’m going to be.
I emotionally detatched from this community months ago, as much as that pains me to admit, and I think it’s time that I formally leave it as well. Like I said, this blog was years in the making, and I’ve had so much fun forming connections and making friendships during my time on this site.
(Tumblr itself, I will admit, has a bit to do with this decision. It’s simply not a social media service that makes me happy anymore. People are constantly attacking each other in bitter, vitriolic ways. There’s no room for intelligent or fair discussion. Not to mention that, at my lowest points, I turned to several communities on here that pushed me to the edge in various ways. I don’t think it’s smart for me, since I’m mentally the healthiest I’ve ever been, to stay here when I know how and where to find triggering content.)
But I don’t believe I have anything left to offer the maladaptive daydreaming community. As of today, this blog will no longer be active.
I want to end this by making a few things crystal clear: maladaptive daydreaming is real. It’s terrible. And it’s going to ebb and flow throughout my consciousness for the rest of my life. I don’t know how to solve your MaDD because I’ve just recently started to understand the complex intertwining of factors that made it possible for me to get better. But please, don’t let anyone convince you that it can’t get better, and don’t let anyone make you think your struggles aren’t real. It sucks, I know, but improvement is possible. You just have to find what works for you. I truly wish you all the best in your personal journeys.
I’m going to be turning off asks and messages. I hope you all understand and thank you again for some amazing years.