Can anyone relate?
So, I've been daydream excessively, you might even call it maladaptively ever since I developed anxiety 7 years ago. The nature of my daydreams are often this. I meet someone in real life, whom I really like(not necessarily romantically) and I begin daydreaming about being really good friends with them. I cannot speak to this person in real life because I am too shy. But in my daydreams we are best friends. It starts of harmlessly enough. But then my life starts to revolve around this person. I am not happy when they are not around. My mind gets addicted to these daydreams. I being to feel depressed and remorseful the more I cannot speak to this person. And finally I end up feeling hollow and empty unless I can be around this person. I know it sounds crazy, but it's been happening to me for a long time with different people. When I stop daydreaming, I feel hollow and empty inside. Could the cure for this be actually talking to the person? Or will that just make my mind more into daydreaming about them?