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2025-11-15, 2025-10-14 - 2025-10-15, 2025-09-14 - 2025-09-15, 2025-08-14 - 2025-08-15, 2025-07-14 - 2025-07-15
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Webinar - Overcoming Maladaptive Daydreaming: What Has and Hasn't Worked
2025-11-07 16:00 UTC
Personal Journeys, Strategies, and Lessons Learned

RECORDING AVAILABLE
Although there is no official treatment for Maladaptive Daydreaming, many people have found ways to reduce or even overcome it. Some, like ISMD Board Member Jayne Bigelsen, needed the help of a psychiatrist and medication to get their MD under control.
For others, medication did not work at all. Former MDers Kyla Borcherds and Rumzi Yousef completely changed their lives without medication, instead addressing the root causes of their daydreaming, working through therapy, learning new coping skills, practicing mindfulness, and filling their lives with meaningful, real-world activities.
Join Jayne, Kyla, and Rumzi for a candid discussion on what has and hasn’t worked in their journeys, and share your own experiences in this interactive session.

Speakers: Jayne Bigelsen (ISMD Board Member), Kyla Borcherds (Former MDer), Rumzi Yousef (Former MDer)
Moderator: Samaa Al Saedi (Student, AUB)
Date: 07/11/2025
Time: 11 AM EST / 4 PM GMT
Online

Jayne Bigelsen is an ISMD Board Member who overcame maladaptive daydreaming with the help of psychiatric support and medication.
Kyla Borcherds is a former maladaptive daydreamer who reduced her MD through therapy, mindfulness, and lifestyle changes.
Rumzi Yousef is a former maladaptive daydreamer who overcame MD by addressing its root causes and building new coping strategies.
Samaa Al Saedi is a Political Studies student at the American University of Beirut and ISMD volunteer, supporting advocacy and community engagement

Update
2025-10-09 - 2025-10-10
Update
Read Our Latest Blog Post Every 10th of the Month
Don’t miss our monthly blog updates—insightful articles, personal stories, and thought-provoking reflections published regularly on the 10th.Whether you’re looking for information, inspiration, or a deeper connection with our community, you’ll find something worth reading.
News! Now we also have a Resource Category.
You can explore all our past and latest blog posts here:
You can explore all our past blog posts here:

News And Articles

Categories

Articles

News

Resources

Recent Posts

Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Age of AI

LGBTQIA+ and MD – Celebrating Diversity This Pride Month

The Maladaptive Daydreaming Self-Monitoring Log and Journal 2.0

Limerence and Imaginary Relationships

Books on Maladaptive Daydreaming

2025 ISMD Achievements – A letter from President Dr. Amy Lucas

A Farewell, a Merger, and a Hopeful 2026

From Golden Age to Overload: The MD Research Landscape

New Study by Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek: Memory & Self-Concept in Relation to Maladaptive Daydreaming

Communication Meeting
2025-10-08 13:00 - 13:30
Fortnightly Communication team meeting!
Let’s share ideas and create a community of people ready to talk about maladaptive daydreaming!
This meeting is for volunteers only. Interested in volunteering? Apply here!

Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour
2025-10-02 18:00 - 19:00
⏰ Time: 02 p.mEST / 07 p.m. UK / 08 p.m CE

🖥️ Online. Link Provided Upon Registration:
Book your free ticket now!
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD’s first Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!

Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour
2025-08-29 15:00 - 16:00
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD’s first Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

⏰ Time: 12 PM EDT / 4 PM GMT
🖥️ Online. Link Provided Upon Registration: Book your free ticket now!
At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!

Freud and Fantasy
2025-08-28 18:00
Freud and Fantasy
Was Sigmund Freud’s Daughter a Maladaptive Daydreamer?
The recording is now available!
If you missed our live webinar, you can now watch the full recording. Click on the video below to get started.

Freud and Fantasy
Was Sigmund Freud’s Daughter a Maladaptive Daydreamer?

Freud wrote early on about the role of fantasy in creative writing, and “florid” daydreaming is a significant element in several of Freud’s most influentical cases. His daughter Anna followed eagerly in his professional footsteps… but what if Anna Freud, one of the founding figures of psychoanalysis, had a hidden psychological struggle of her own? You may be surprised to discover that Freud’s own daughter could have been identified as a Maladaptive Daydreamer by current diagnostic standards.
Join us as we explore how Anna Freud masked her own experience of maladaptive daydreaming as a clinical case and explored it to understand her own fantasy experience… and to challenge her idolized father’s interpretation. This eye-opening webinar dives into fantasy, “phantasy,” and the psychological roots of immersive daydreaming, exploring what psychoanalytic theory might have to say about the unconscious meaning of immersive and maladaptive fantasy.

🎤 Speaker: Susan Meindl MA
📅 Date: 28/08/2025
⏰ Time: 2 PM EST / 7 PM GMT
🖥️ Online.
Susan Meindl is a clinical psychologist and pscyhoanalyst in private practice in Montreal, Canada. She is a member of the Order of Pscyhologists in Quebec, the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association. She is an active board member and seminar facilitator with the C. G. Jung Society of Montreal. She has lectured and created CE trainings in areas of special interest including Maladaptive Daydreaming, “The Highly Sensitive Person” (HSP, Aron 1995), “mature empathy,” and psychological fairytale interpretation.
This event will be a presentation with a Q&A in the end.

Blog Update
2025-08-09 - 2025-08-10
Blog Update
Read Our Latest Blog Post Every 10th of the Month
Don’t miss our monthly blog updates—insightful articles, personal stories, and thought-provoking reflections published regularly on the 10th.Whether you’re looking for information, inspiration, or a deeper connection with our community, you’ll find something worth reading.
You can explore all our past and latest blog posts here:
You can explore all our past blog posts here:

News And Articles

Categories

Articles

News

Resources

Recent Posts

Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Age of AI

LGBTQIA+ and MD – Celebrating Diversity This Pride Month

The Maladaptive Daydreaming Self-Monitoring Log and Journal 2.0

Limerence and Imaginary Relationships

Books on Maladaptive Daydreaming

2025 ISMD Achievements – A letter from President Dr. Amy Lucas

A Farewell, a Merger, and a Hopeful 2026

From Golden Age to Overload: The MD Research Landscape

New Study by Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek: Memory & Self-Concept in Relation to Maladaptive Daydreaming

Webinar: How to Turn Dreams into Projects
2025-08-05 14:00 - 15:30
10.00 am American Eastern Time
3.00.pm London Time
4.00 pm Central Europe Time
Remember to check your proper timezone!

Project Management Crash Course
With Valeria Franco
Do your brilliant ideas often remain just that—daydreams? If you’re a maladaptive daydreamer, you know the power of imagination but may struggle to bring those vivid visions into reality.
This webinar bridges that gap.
I’ll teach you Project Management as a practical framework to transform aspirations into achievable projects.
Designed specifically for ISMD volunteers, this webinar offers highly relevant strategies for all maladaptive daydreamers

You will learn to:

Define Activities
Understand your goal
Understand your target
Manage Resources
Find the right Partners
Celebrate Achievements!

Join!
https://meet.google.com/nwu-ruba-nzp

Valeria Franco is a board member of ISMD and serves as the organization’s Head of Marketing and Media. She works as a freelance marketing and communications expert for projects in the arts and cultural heritage fields. Valeria is also the President of Maladaptive Daydreaming Italia.

Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour for Maladaptive Daydreamers
2025-07-23 14:00 - 15:00
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

⏰ Time: 11 am EST / 3pm GMT
📍 Online (Link Provided Upon Registration)
At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!

Drive and MD
2025-07-09 - 2025-07-10
This is our main article for the month of July written by Kyla Borcherds that explores the relationship between driving and maladaptive daydreaming.
Don’t forget to come back and read it once it’s published!

📝📖 Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour for Maladaptive Daydreamers ✨
2025-06-25 16:00 - 17:00
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD’s first Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

🖥️ Online. Link Provided Upon Registration: Book your free ticket now! Only 20 available.
At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!

General Assembly
2025-06-20 14:00 - 15:00
Annual general assembly or International Society for Maladaptive Daydreaming Members.
We’ll present the 2024 financial report.

Join at: https://meet.google.com/yxo-migf-jqy

Newsletter Send-Out
2025-06-14 - 2025-06-15
Get Our Monthly Newsletter Delivered Every 15th
Don’t miss out on the latest news, upcoming events, and insightful articles.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter and stay up-to-date with everything happening in our community.
Remember to save our email address (hello@maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com) among your contacts, so it won’t end up in your spam folder.

On the following page, you can subscribe to the newsletter and browse past issues:
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📝📖 Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour for Maladaptive Daydreamers ✨
2025-06-06 15:00 - 16:00
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD’s first Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

📅 Date: 06/06/2025
⏰ Time: 11 am EST / 4pm GMT
🖥️ Online. Link Provided Upon Registration: Book your free ticket now!
At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!

Workshop: Parenting Children with Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) and Intense Imagery Movements (IIM)
2025-06-02 17:00 - 18:00
Parenting children with MD and IIM comes with unique challenges—especially given the limited awareness and understanding of these conditions among healthcare providers and educators.
This session offers a rare opportunity to connect with leading experts in the field, as well as fellow parents navigating similar experiences. Together, we’ll explore lived insights, practical strategies, and ways to advocate for better recognition and support for your child’s needs.

June 2nd, at 1/6pm ET/UK
Link will be sent upon registration

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Monthly Communication Team Meeting
2025-05-19 13:00 - 14:00
Communication Team Volunteer Meeting – Monthly Update
Dear communication team,
you are invited to attend our next update meeting.
We’ll be discussing new ideas and providing progress updates on current projects and content.
Please write to hello@maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com if you are unable to attend.
Videocall link will be sent privately.

Not a volunteer yet? Consider to join us!

A Panel on Managing Maladaptive Daydreaming for Academic Success
2025-05-05 20:00 - 21:00
Is Maladaptive Daydreaming Sabotaging Your Studies?
A Panel on Managing Maladaptive Daydreaming for Academic Success.

Do you struggle to focus on studying due to maladaptive daydreaming? This panel addresses the unique challenges you face and provides effective strategies to manage MD, break through obstacles, and achieve your best during finals.
Panelists: Luna Kocabag and Jane Kemp
Date: Monday, May 5th
Time: 4:00PM EST

Watch the recording

📝📖 Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour for Maladaptive Daydreamers ✨
2025-04-28 15:00 - 16:00
Do you struggle to find time to write your stories or commit to reading the books that inspire you? You’re not alone! Creativity is a huge part of our community, yet it can be challenging to carve out the time and accountability needed to bring our ideas to life.
Join us for ISMD’s first Virtual Silent Read & Write Hour, a dedicated space for maladaptive daydreamers to immerse themselves in their creative projects—whether it’s journaling, writing fiction, poetry, or simply getting lost in a book.

📅 Date: 28/04/2025
⏰ Time: 11 am EST / 4pm GMT
🖥️ Online. Link Provided Upon Registration: Book your free ticket now!
At the start of the session, we’ll have an optional space to share what we’re reading or working on—no pressure, just a chance to connect. Then, we’ll settle in for quiet, focused time to create and explore.
Bring your book, your journal, or your next big idea, and let’s get inspired together!
