I think I may have Fantasy Prone Personality?

Question by Admiral Weasel: I think I may have Fantasy Prone Personality?
I know self diagnosis is garbage but you have to do it to some extent to decide whether to see someone about it. Is it worth getting therapy for? Should I bother with a diagnosis? I have the “symptoms” if you can call them that.

Best answer:

Answer by Daisy
Having a fantasy prone personality is a personality trait, not an illness. There is no diagnosis. If its affecting your life then go ahead and see a therapist. However if you are experiencing the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder because of this trait then you should see a psychiatrist straight away.

Answer by DreamWeaver
You say that you have symptoms, but you don’t describe them. Are you saying that you daydream a lot? Do you often create fantasy scenarios in your mind? In that case, you may have a type of Fantasy Prone Personality that is called Maladaptive Daydreaming. This is a condition that causes obsessive daydreaming. Take a look at this website:

http://daydreamingdisorder.webs.com/

The title of this website is: Are You Daydreaming Your Life Away? If the person on that website sounds like you, that may be your problem. People who have it will also sometimes compare it to an addiction. I should know, because I have this problem. I’ve been doing the type of behavior decribed on the site since I was a small child. Take a look and see if the person on the site also sounds like you.

By the way, there are a lot of people who suffer from this. There is even a forum on Yahoo devoted to this problem:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/maladaptivedaydreamers/

Best of luck and hope this helps.

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