119: The Science of Maladaptive Daydreaming

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...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingMaladaptive Daydreaming in the Media https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_daydream_that_never_stops https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/when-daydreaming-replaces-real-life/391319/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/at-home/daydreaming.html https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/30/health/maladaptive-daydreaming-feature/index.html Eli Somer  https://www.youtube.com/user/SomerClinic/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZ7ivOSKjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loE6Cq8lUS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZxHmfpcsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_scn44bTEE https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=cIDL8CEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Maladpative Daydreaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladaptive_daydreaming https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810016300460?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395621000844 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28598955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426361/ https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/9/4/article-p1056.xml https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1020597026919.pdf https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/34/2/e100419 https://maladaptivedaydreaming.org/pages/maladaptive-daydreaming-test Pathologising, Disorders, & The DSM-5 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~heiby/overheads_classification.html https://wjh-www.harvard.edu/~dtg/KILLINGSWORTH%20&%20GILBERT%20(2010).pdf Psychopathology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1529100617727266 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683251/