>>22115304>>22115357maladaptive daydreaming is when you have some psychlogical wound & you cope by imagining scenarios where it's soothed
like maybe you feel neglected by family & can't move on from it, so you cope by imagining being in a hospital getting attention/love from people
for hours on end
it's a separate, very morbid thing
it's not like the creative/imaginative stuff OP is describing
both are usually a waste of time, but maladaptive daydreaming is counterproductive by definition
