Does anyone have a problem with daydreaming?

I've had problems with daydreaming for years now. I had lyme undiagnosed for 7 years and did 3 years on treatment. A few years ago I found something called "maladaptive daydreaming disorder". It sounded exactly what i was experiencing!! Except...

Now that i'm off treatment and still having some problems, I've been noticing a few things. While on treatment I did have mental problems and this past year in college I started seeing a counselor/therapist at school. She brought up if there was a possibility of the Daydreaming being connected to Lyme/health problems? I thought about it but since i stopped seeing my original Lyme doctor and my second Lyme doctor was pretty bad, I had no one to ask.

But now I've slowly been getting some mental problems returning (which i will make another post for it) but the daydreaming has kind of returned but in a new way. I hate saying this but its almost like a delusion. Like I'm slowly not noticing the difference between reality and daydreams. I've been noticing its worse or more apparent after I eat something that will provoke Candida so I thought it was Candida. But now other symptoms are creeping up, again only when i eat bad, so idk if its possibly Candida, Lyme, or toxins that is causing this daydreaming problem.

here is a link to what maladaptive daydreaming is: www.medicaldaily.com/maladaptive-daydreaming-what-it-247629

Does anyone experience excessive daydreaming? (and yes it is different from brain fog and depersonalization).

Yeah, I actually miss daydreaming. To me, it's a sign of healthy, active mind, with imagination in motion.

There'd be times where I'd get so lost in my head, thinking about this or that, or.. dreaming, creating little worlds.

In school, it'd get to where people would have to repeat my name three or four times before I finally snapped to. Either that, or I'd start drooling, then come back to reality on my own.

It's like your brain's stepping out for a minute, but in a good way. I love it.

I can barely picture simple things in my head nowadays. It's terrible.

But, yeah, daydreaming is normal, but not like that. To put it simply, in my mind, it's like your brain is on the verge of still being kind of normal, healthy, and active, but teetering from the Lyme/co, which is nothing new.

Of course Lyme or any one of the other conditions many of us face could have the effect on somebody.

You ever hear "it's the Lyme talking" or stuff like that? I've randomly had thoughts of severely hurting people, many of which I care deeply about, for seemingly no reason at all. It'll be at times when I'm not even in a bad mood, triggered by something. Like, push them in front of this oncoming car. Hurt them.
It's nuts how this stuff can affect somebody. I'd like to think I'm a really nice guy beneath all of this. I could never do the things it wants me to at times. I really shouldn't be talking about this stuff though. I sound like a lunatic. lol

Looking back, some of my earliest symptoms were the neurological, subtle changes in my thinking, personality, stuff like this. I don't know why I didn't notice, it's just like the infections started pushing buttons in my head. I didn't really start to shut down physically and mentally until a couple years later.

Anyway, I am kinda going on here. Apologies, having a flare or something right now..

I think (totally guessing here) that many of us might daydream/fantasize/imagine more often and more vividly when we are chronically ill as a coping mechanism. We are lonely. If we have people around, they often don't really understand what we're dealing with. Our bodies feel like haunted houses, with new awful stuff lurking around every corner. Our lives fall apart - unable to work and care for children, unable to be independent, financial problems, etc. Our lives get smaller, and the ways we used to find meaning and purpose might not be available to us anymore. We become anxious and depressed as completely reasonable responses to a bad situation. To me, it makes sense that we would want to escape. When our nervous system notes how good a fantasy feels, it will make that fantasy feel more real and accessible next time we have a spare moment. This is what I think goes on with me. It's nice to have a reverie! So my brain would rather go there than reality sometimes, for very logical coping reasons.

Paradoxically, I think this tendency made DNRS especially effective for me.

I’ve always used daydreaming as form of escapism and it’s usage has only increased with my illness. I listen to tons of sci fi and fantasy audiobooks too which only fuels the daydreaming.