Discussion A therapist told me things that made me think in a bad way

[martyrcomplexed]

So, basically, I told a therapist that I suspected I might have something like excessive daydreaming (I don't know what acronym to use in English, sorry). I told him and clarified that this has been with me all my life, about how everything around me triggers series and series of fantasies that I have no control over. I spend my days having lives and people that aren't mine, and I never felt normal for this. I mentioned that I researched and that maybe it had a name and was psychological. He seemed to ignore the parts where I mentioned that I couldn't stop doing it and that it affected my day to day, telling me to make only the most possible parts reality and to stop looking for diagnoses. I mean, I just wanted to find a name for something I felt was never normal for me? I just wanted to know what the fuck is happening with my head, and he didn't seem to take anything seriously.

Do you think that I may have interpreted everything in a dramatic way? That there's something to take from what he said?​

 

[Tackingintothewind]

It's a real thing. I suffer from it to a lesser degree

Maladaptive Daydreaming: Scale, Symptoms, and Treatments

Maladaptive daydreaming involves complex daydreams that interfere with daily life. They may occur with ADHD and other conditions. Learn more.

www.healthline.com

Maladaptive daydreaming - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What to Know About Excessive Daydreaming

What causes excessive daydreaming? There are certain conditions like past trauma and mental health disorders that can cause escapism.

www.webmd.com

 

[Gsvko]

My experience with therapists is that they never like things thrown at them. As in diagnosis. As in when you "try playing a psychiatrists". They act like they are sweeping the floor and I've just told them they've missed a spot. Whenever I'd come with something I thought is an issue and had an opinion on, they'd play it off as it was nothing, and some things I thought were minor and insignificant they'd make a big deal out of. I noticed that power crave with mine at least. I do agree that it's not good to "hang onto a diagnosis", like some people when they get it they want to identify with it too much and lose their authenic expression since they focus on fitting into a box. Mine wouldn't write a diagnosis until you're out of treatment, like a final document, but I ghosted them so I never got to know heh.
Even if you're right in your self-diagnosis, I'd suggest just talking about how it is for you instead of bringing out the term, you gotta let them do that imo.
Perhaps I've just had a narcissistic one, idk