Mastodawn

The article examines how immersive and maladaptive daydreaming have appeared in classic and modern fiction long before psychology formally identified them as clinical phenomena. It shows that intense fantasy can be found across centuries and explores how literature reflects both adaptive and maladaptive uses of daydreaming. The study argues for a historical continuity between imaginative inner lives and modern psychological concepts.

This piece is of interest to psychology readers because it links literary depictions to clinical patterns, illustrating how inner experiences described in fiction resonate with contemporary research on immersion, regulation, and the impact on functioning. It highlights the value of interdisciplinary approaches in understanding complex mental phenomena and the historical roots of these experiences.

Article Title: Classic literature shows maladaptive daydreaming is not a new psychological trend
Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/classic-literature-shows-maladaptive-daydreaming-is-not-a-new-psychological-trend/

#classicdaydreaming #immersivefantasy #maladaptivedaydreaming #literatureandpsychology #historicalcontinuity #innerworlds #mentalhealthresearch #psychoeducation #cognitiveregulation #metacognition

The Reflective Mind May 24

Unconscious Echoes and Human Wholeness: A Week 3 Reflection

Dedicated to my grandfather, Glenn Mullins— whose kindness lives on in the relational spaces within me. Grief reminds me that the people who shape us do not disappear; they become part of the inner world we carry forward

https://thereflectivemind9.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/unconscious-echoes-and-human-wholeness-a-week-3-reflection/

grenra_solarium of RAS May 23

https://youtu.be/bIzcd88s2kw #Tulpamancy #RealityShifting #ImmersiveDaydreaming #MaladaptiveDaydreaming #Plurality #Roleplaying #Worldbuilding #Esoterica #Occult #Thoughtforms #InnerWorlds #LucidDreaming #Fantasy #Storytelling #MindExploration

Inner Worlds, Roleplay, and Esoteric Practices

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Silverlenz May 7

Orbits within orbits — consciousness folding through its own luminous rings. Each eye a portal, each void a seed of the next becoming.

https://silverlenz.carrd.co
Zap ⚡ on Nostr if it resonates.
#SacredGeometry #CosmicVision #InnerWorlds #PortalArt #EsotericArt

Whothefami Feb 8

Life can become a video clip when you’re in flow — like the world starts moving in sync with you.

#flowstate #musicandlife #urbanmoments #innerworlds #presence

estibensito Oct 21, 2025

"Introspection" 2025

#Introspection

#ConceptualPortrait
#SurrealArt
#DigitalSculpture
#ChadKnightStyle
#FuturisticAbstraction
#OrganicSymbolism
#InnerWorlds
#VisualMeditation
#HyperrealTextures
#TonalCompression
#LightSculpted
#StudioPhotography
#ExistentialArt
#PsychologicalDepth
#MinimalistBackdrop
#GlossyFigure
#TranslucentDome
#RadiantTree
#OrangeFoliage
#ContemplativeMood
#AmbientLighting
#SymbolicComposition
#DigitalRealism
#MetaphysicalStorytelling
#EmotionalAtmosphere
#SurrealPortraiture
#ArchitectureOfMind
#MeditativeImagery
#VisualIntrospection

estibensito Oct 20, 2025

Johnny Game Over aka JGO Sep 19, 2025

- BADASS COVERS VERSUS - Inner Worlds (1996) (MS-DOS) #BadassCovers #Versus #gaming

#retrogaming #jgo #johnnygameover #videogame #games #gaming #BadassCovers #Covers #Versus #InnerWorlds #SleeplessSoftware #MagicomMultimedia #MSDOS

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/akNAno7nRlA

- BADASS COVERS VERSUS - Inner Worlds (1996) (MS-DOS) #BadassCovers #Versus #gaming

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Droppie Jul 20, 2025

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-20/billy-joel-and-so-it-goes-documentary-review/105537690

In my twenties' peer-group, i seemed to cotton-onto BJ long before my mates. Indeed i still recall one night, one of my oldest friends [who has stuck with me across all these years, & the great upheaval in my existence that severed many other friendships] & i were perched on high stools at a bar in a sort of cocktail bar cum disco in North Sydney [there were simply stacks of these, in the 80s of this part of my existence]. Somehow we got onto BJ, & i was effusively enthusing, to the somewhat disdain of D, who wasn't specifically rejecting BJ coz of his music per se, but more afaict coz at that point BJ still hadn't quite cracked it big across the rock & my mate seemed to think he [BJ] was a bit daggy or otherwise uncool. Anyway i rabbited on, & eventually he said he'd give him a fair go... & i'm delighted to say that he later became a big fan, & remains so, including going to various concerts. Ha!

However there's another reason i still clearly recall that time on those stools. I did bang on about BJ to him, but i chickened out, after copious anguishing, on actually verbalising to him something of my confusion & despair wrt my Great Secret, my swirling confused anguished inner world... what i [thought i] was, what it might mean, yada yada.

Decades later, once the die was cast & i simply had to emerge, or die, he was/is, totes fine with me. I wonder how it might have gone, way back on that night on the stools, if BJ was not all that i'd discussed with him? 🤔🤷

#BillyJoel #OldFriends #IntimateChats #InnerWorlds #transition

Billy Joel finally lets fans into his life in documentary And So It Goes

This two-part, five-hour epic is essential viewing for anyone who's ever wanted to know more about one of pop's most guarded stars.

ABC News

Mahisha Desai Jul 19, 2025

What happens when one emotion writes a letter to another filled with emotions?
Dive into my new Substack post “Sorrow’s Love Letter” and witness a delicate dance between sorrow, anger, and the longing for peace.
Check it out to feel what words alone can’t say.

🖋️ Read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/mahishadesai/p/sorrows-love-letter?r=4dafmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#Substack #CreativeWriting #EmotionalWriting #Poetry #PhilosophicalThoughts #WritingCommunity #Sorrow #Anger #Peace #ArtOfEmotion #LettersOfTheSoul #FeelTheWords #MahishaDesai #InnerWorlds

Sorrow's Love Letter

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Mahisha Desai