119: The Science of Maladaptive Daydreaming - a podcast by The Sci Guys

from 2021-07-26T04:00

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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...



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References & Further Reading



Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Media


  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_daydream_that_never_stops

  2. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/

  3. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/when-daydreaming-replaces-real-life/391319/

  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/at-home/daydreaming.html

  5. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/30/health/maladaptive-daydreaming-feature/index.html





Eli Somer 


  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/SomerClinic/videos

  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZ7ivOSKjQ

  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loE6Cq8lUS4

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZxHmfpcsI

  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_scn44bTEE

  6. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=cIDL8CEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate





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