Daydreaming Excessively

I’ve suffered with OCD for years and years, but I also have another problem, and I’d like to know if there are any other people out there who suffer with this. I daydream in an excessive, uncontrollable way. I've done this since I was a very small child. I create daydream "worlds" in my mind. These "worlds" have changed and grown with me as I've gotten older. Here is a website that calls this Maladaptive Daydreaming:

Home - Are You Daydreaming Your Life Away?

People who have it will also sometimes compare it to an addiction, and say that they can't stop. It is definitely like an addiction to me. It really, really interfers with my life. Actually, it has done a lot to stop me from having a real life. Anyone else out there have this problem?

Yep, I have this problem too. I do this from childhood as well, my dreams are really complex and elaborate and its an addiction for me too but I think its somewhat related to my SA. As a child I was lonely most of the time so I guess daydreaming was the only way I could cope. I did visit the website earlier and lots of its informations are true for me.

I have a problem of zoning out and tuning the world out. They called it ADHD. When I am zoning I get this relaxing feeling in my sinuses and eyes. My mind feels calm. No racing and intrusiveness in it. The thing is I am not aware of the world around me. I have gotten so used to my mother calling my name, I have become so immune that I don't even pick up on that anymore when I am in these space like moment.
Addiction? I've never considered it an addiction rather a coping tool, but maybe it is. Sometimes I finish things and have no recollection of finishing them. It's like my body is trained and has a routine that I don't even pick up on certain things anymore because it's automatic. Anything similar?

i can def relate to day dreaming.. it was a yr ago this month that i went to a psychiatrist for the 1st time in my life.. and when i mentioned to him about my day-dreaming as a child i wondered if it was really symtomatic to OCD. Now reading how others like you suffer and ocd prone by day dreams makes total sense it is actually my 1st association to link OCD to me.. because like u as a child and even now i still do .. thinking Godly stuff about angels powers etc or other mature subjects or superhero stuff.. i can associate ocd and child like tendencies not to grow up fully ... reminds u of michael jackson right..well not that i dont consider myself mature i think i am as we all grow to maturity as yrs passes..but we tend to latch on to child stuff.. thats why observing children makes me happy to see their innocense that we adults dont have.. i could also agree with zoning out when i do things like wash dishes and dont even realies how much i ve done. or when i am being driven i could zone out and not even take in the scenery for miles ..

I zone out and day dream very often. Usually my day dreams are about me and other people talking, usually about things I am doing in real life or am experiencing in real life. Sometimes I will have whole conversations with people in my day dreams. Other times it's more like a typical dream: I just watch sometime happen from a third person perspective.

It has become a habit. It just happens now, and often. I think I started doing it because of how my life was growing up. I was homeschooled and only had on sibling--a sister. I spent a lot of time by myself. After a certain age my sister would rarely play with me, so I had hours each day where I had to play with myself and keep myself entertained. My parents didn't have cable back then, and I had few movies and video games to keep myself entertained. So I guess I started day dreaming a lot to keep myself sane.

Edit: read something about pacing on that site. I did a lot of pacing when I was a kid. And I did day dream when pacing, but usually I was worry/obsessing about something.

I have pretty strong daydreaming tendencies. God, I hope I don't have OCD, I already have at least half a dozen other disorders. ::

I've always daydreamed a lot since I was a kid, which I guess was to keep my mind occupied because I was always left to play by myself at home. But it's been a major problem lately because it feels more excessive and uncontrollable than ever before, just when I'm really pushing myself to get my life together... Now I keep bouncing back and forth from feeling motivated and energized to mentally fatigued from all the daydreaming. My mind drifts in and out a lot that I can't get much done.