In addition, kinesthetic activity and/or exposure to evocative music also appeared to be essential features. Because social interaction seems to be incompatible with this absorbing mental activity, solitude was necessary. MD could be activated if several requirements were met. The phenomenology of MD was typified by complex fantasized mental scenarios that were often laced with emotionally compensatory themes involving competency, social recognition, and support. Interviewees described how their natural capacity for vivid daydreaming had developed into a time-consuming habit that resulted in serious dysfunction. A total of 21 in-depth interviews with persons who self-identified as struggling with MD were analyzed utilizing a phenomenological approach. This qualitative study describes the lived experience of mala-daptive daydreaming (MD), an excessive form of unwanted daydreaming that produces a rewarding experience based on a created fantasy of a parallel reality associated with a profound sense of presence.
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