Hello breathing Humans! Hope ur day is going great!
As a title says, last 2 months I’ve been aware of something I have which I didn’t realise for 1+ years, I’ve been daydreaming since some parental restrictions on my life (not being able to use the internet , going outside, talking to strangers,etc) as a way to cope with my life problems. I have no idea what other types of mental disorders I have and I won’t self-diagnose myself on it. So back to the question. I daydream for like half of my day. Especially when I’m done using my phone or get bored, it interferes with my life so deeply I literally wake up, and daydream until I realise I should go back to my room. Sometimes I don’t realise I’m walking around the house and daydreaming until I snap back to reality, even my sister accuses me of “talking to ghosts “ or someone else they don’t see, is this normal or do I need to check myself for a doctor? Or a professional? Speaking of these 2, my family sometimes threatens me to take me to a doctor for not being able to speak properly, help and advice is appreciated, this is my first time here so I apologise if I did something a lil off or wrong,
(And last thing I live in Saudi Arabia, noticed this rule so I typed it here, again sorry)
It is not helpful to think in terms of insane, but I get that this is language your family uses. More useful is thinking in what way you’re coping or suffering. How you manage to go through your day. Only you can judge that. Daydreaming is a wonderful expression of imagination until it becomes so excessive that it is destructive to your life. The other poster suggested to look into schizoid pd: while this is useful to know about, the takeaway should be that one would favour daydreaming above anything else. Sacrifice all social relationships to spend time internally. This isn’t about imagination or creativity anymore but a way to safeguard oneself from the outside, from other people to step too close or challenges encountered in life, etc. From your description i doubt that this fits, but again only you know yourself well enough to judge that. When talking about dissociation / derealisition / depersonalisation, there’s usually a component of trauma to it. One mightn’t be aware of what it is (whatever brought it about might seem normal), or one might suffer in other ways whereas one’s peers just seem not to (common experiences with neurodivergent folks who are not aware of it). All this just to say to learn about yourself is essential, to foster self awareness and all that, which is challenging when you’re young and have no access to therapy. In lieu of that you could confide a good friend or someone i your family who you trust.