Maladaptive behaviors interfere with a person’s daily activities, ability to adjust, or ability to participate in certain settings. Maladaptive behavior can appear in various ways, including avoidance ...

A person with maladaptive daydreaming will spend long periods engaging in structured daydreams or fantasies. There is no specific treatment for it, but therapy may help. It can affect your ability to ...

Maladaptive behaviors are those that stop you from adapting to new or difficult circumstances. They can start after a major life change, illness, or traumatic event. It could also be a habit you ...

Daydreaming, zoning out, getting lost in your thoughts — we've all done it from time to time, whether we're bored, distracted, or need a break from the real world. But have you ever had a daydream ...

All of our minds wander once in a while. In fact, it’s estimated anywhere from a quarter to half of our waking hours are spent daydreaming, as our awareness drifts away from whatever we are currently ...

Maladaptive daydreaming is a mental health term doing the rounds on TikTok – but what is it? Most of us have probably been guilty of losing ourselves in a daze every now and then, but maladaptive ...

A new article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology (Theodor-Katz et al., 2022) recommends adding “maladaptive daydreaming” to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Proposed ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, now have shown that blocking the activity of an enzyme called Tiam1 in certain spinal neurons ...

Maladaptive daydreaming is a term that refers to when a person spends an excessive amount of time daydreaming. Often, this behavior may develop as part of a coping mechanism. This article will discuss ...