Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) - Addiction to daydreams / Dissociation
Would love to hear your take on tools that could help as well as the scientific mechanism behind MD. It's a very under-discussed topic, even though a lot of people report having MD. There is a lot of overlap with ADHD. My opinion is that the main reason for the overlap is the likelihood that in both cases, we have a large dysregulation of dopamine (I do not rule out the possibility that the same person has ADHD as well as MD) Looking at my personal experience with MD, the feeling of emptiness and inability to focus was a big theme in my life. Indulging in MD for a long time (40% of my day) led to a situation that I had no "strength" (will, focus) for anything else (especially more complex tasks). It seriously affected my life, especially in the field of socialization and productivity. The things that have helped me significantly are therapy, open discussion about MD, understanding dopamine, understanding emotions and proper regulation of them (something I'm still working on) ... I would like MD to be mentioned more in scientific circles, so that people would have better guidance in facing this growing challenge. Thank you.
Toolkit episode to share with beloved, ageing family and friends
My parents are ageing and slowly losing some of the skills they used to have. It's slow, but noticable, physically, mentally, energylevels, maybe even slight loss of social connection. I would love to be able to point them to one concise 1.5 hours episode that gives them the most important tools. Heart health, exercise, supplements, mental frameworks and exercises to help them stay as sharp as possible. I've conviced my dad to take Omega 3 and his blood makers shot out off the problematic zone within a few months. Still, I have a hard time convicing my parents to take up other protocols and will never get them to listen to 8 different episodes to design their perfect protocol. Some easy, well explained and convincing protocol would be a tremendous help!
How can people with ADHD or ADD can consume all the lengthy information in the podcast?
I'm sorry if my question comes as "rude". I'm a long-term Huberman fan (since you had 5k Instagram followers!). Since the podcast was released I wasn't able to watch even one episode of the Huberman show from start to end. It is really hard for me to listen for more than 10-20 minutes and I felt that I'm unable to get back to the episode and "manage" where I was before. I feel that there's so much great information in the podcast and I'd like to be able to digest it in a different manner that is much more relevant to how people consume content nowadays (1-3 minutes chunks). I'd be happy if you can think about this in the future in how episodes are arranged or organized. There's something monotone in the current approach and I'm hopeful a solution will be available in the near future :-)