Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives

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Parallel Lives episodes

  • MD Zoom Support Group with Shae

    Today we're talking to Shae, who has been running a Maladaptive Daydreamers 'peer support' group on Zoom for the last year.


    A link to Shae's Discord which provides links to the zoom meetings: https://discord.gg/U3Qdr4AH9m

    The Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/
    The Discord https://discord.gg/A5aCVvC4yu
    The ICMDR (research site) https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research
    The MDC (community site) https://maladaptivedaydreamingcenter.org/

    51 min
  • Linguistic Features and Attachment Styles (S2E1)

    The paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/386/htm


    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y
    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/
    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/
    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/

    Music by: Iliasse
    Thumbnails by: Jessica

    1 hr 3 min
  • BotG; Karishma wonders if she's making it up.

    Best of the guests; Karishma, episode 2, responding to the question "How difficult was the decision to tell someone about your Maladaptive Daydreaming?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    1 min
  • BotG; It's kinda like chess.

    Best of the guests; Halo, episode 1, responding to the question "How does Maladaptive Daydreaming effect your life?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    3 min
  • BotG; Karishma smashes her head.

    Best of the guests; Karishma, episode 1, responding to "Tell us about a moment from your life which would illustrate to someone how Maladaptive Daydreaming effects you."  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    2 min
  • BotG; Wolfie quits her job

    Best of the guests; Wolfie, episode 1, responding to the question "What are some ways in which the little things add up in Maladaptive Daydreaming?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    2 min
  • BotG; Halo owes it all to SpongeBob.

    Best of the guests; Halo, episode 1, responding to the topic of "What was it like to find out about Maladaptive Daydreaming?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    2 min
  • BotG; It's ok not to talk about it.

    Best of the guests; Abraham, episode 2, responding to the question "What advise do you have for Maladaptive Daydreamers in an unsafe position to talk about mental health?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    1 min
  • BotG; Abraham relates to friends.

    Best of the guests; Karishma and Abraham, episode 2, responding to the question "What strategy worked best when telling someone about Maladaptive Daydreaming?"  

    Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaladaptiveDreaming/

    International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) Thumbnails by: Jessica

    2 min
  • BotG; How difficult was the decision to tell someone about your Maladaptive Daydreaming?

    Best of the guests; Karishma, episode 1, responding to the question "How difficult was the decision to tell someone about your Maladaptive Daydreaming?" 

     Link to Discord: https://discord.gg/x6QZNwe89Y

    Trapped in Daydreams blog: https://www.trappedindaydreams.com/

    Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/

    MaladaptiveDreaming/International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research: https://daydreamresearch.wixsite.com/md-research/publications 

    Art by: SPFitzgerald https://www.spfitzgerald.com/

    Music by: Iliasse (ask for details) 

    Thumbnails by: Jessica

    1 min

About Parallel Lives

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A podcast where we speak to a cross section of the Maladaptive Daydreaming community and discuss their lived experiences with the condition. Each week our hosts will explore a topic related to MD with…