Was that really me? Relationships between memory and sense of self in people with maladaptive daydreaming.

Ori Meidan; Nirit Soffer-Dudek

doi:10.1111/bjc.70044

February 24, 2026

Was that really me? Relationships between memory and sense of self in people with maladaptive daydreaming.

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Key Points

The research aims to explore how maladaptive daydreaming affects memory and the sense of self.
Analyzed relationships between compulsive daydreaming and memory issues.
Investigated instances of forgetting and confabulation.
Assessed implications for self-identity disruption.
Compulsive daydreaming correlates with increased memory forgetting.
Confabulation occurs, impacting personal identity perception.
Support found for interpreting maladaptive daydreaming as a dissociative condition.

Implication

Observational analysis reveals memory disruptions in maladaptive daydreaming, suggesting a fragmented identity.

Abstract

In sum, compulsive-immersive daydreaming is related to forgetting and confabulation, which may disrupt one's sense of identity. These findings support the view of MD as a dissociative condition marked by a fragmented self-concept.

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Was that really me? Relationships between memory and sense of self in people with maladaptive daydreaming.

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