u/Holiday_Film5978

Hello everyone! As someone only just gaining a ' serious ' interest in ufology , where would you start ? I have a few books saved to read ( currently reading in plain sight, would also love more book recs ) but i was wondering if anyone more advanced had any documentary , tv show etc recommendations. Much thanks and appreciation to anyone who replies hope everyone is doing great

( i have a particular interest in the different alien races and their purpose for earth , earth's history taking into account aliens have been here as well )

Hello people :) i hope everyone is having an amazing day. I have came to this subreddit as I recently looked into maladaptive daydreaming and what it actually meant - i feel like i relate to it a lot so i felt like maybe id tell my story here , where people can relate , and hopefully hear back on similar experiences to connect , advice , and even personal opinions on whether or not people suffering true MD would say it is also what i have been experiencing.

I am 22 now, when i was 13 i had somewhat of a traumatic / disturbing experience and i coped with it by catfishing people online. I dont mean forming intense relationahips and causing emotional abuse, just a few messages back and forth. What i got out of it was just... pretending to be someone else. Anyone who wasnt me. And although i stopped catfishing , i could not let go of the false identity id created. I started day dreaming that i was actually friends with the person , what wed do , what we would talk about. I gave him so much depth and character sometines i would forget he wasnt actually real and id get genuinely upset remembering he isnt reality. But i was so in my mind HE WAS REALITY. my real life felt fake , boring , not true to me.

I still srruggle with this now and i even still day dream about that original 'character ' its like hes senstimental. But as you can imagine my day dreans have changed and the people in them are different. I day dream in and out throughout the day but sometimes i feel like i have episodes. By this i mean VERY LONG periods of time where i put on headphones , blast music , and zone out of the world into my daydreams. I intentionally go into the almost dream state - but i struggle to get out of it. When something in real does need my attengion and i HAVE TO STOP i qill carry on day dreaming and make it fit whatever im doing. Sometimes i even catch myself talking out loud to myself... it just feels so real.

I apologise for this. I know its so long. I did go to counselling at 15 and i brought this up , the counsellor told me it sounded like DID or predronal psychosis , i knew none of them diagnosises fit i just coukdnt describe it well so as u can imagine im actually really hapoy. I thought i was just a freak who had crazy thoughts. I didnt realise there was a name and people who struggled like i did. Its embarrassing to admit u escape by day dreaming , especislly when you feel alone in ur real life too.

Hello :) im 22 f and i do not have much of a social life due to being a stay at home mum... but i am still just a girl at heart LOL! And i'd love to have a friend or two to chat with throughout the day.

I love going on walks and listening to music ( all kinds lana del rey , nicole dollanger , metal / rap too ) and reading classics / horror. I am also very into history , cooking and i studied psychology at uni which i am still super into :)

I am very nice and unserious please don't hesitate to reach out if you are also a woman :)

Im 23 and i have absolutely zero friends which i know a lot of you relate too, i just came here to vent. I have a husband but we don't really connect since he smokes weed and prioritises it over me and my son. I have EUPD so not having anyone in my life i feel connected too is quite distressing and bland since my identity ztems from other people ( something i really have to work on in therapy )

Essentially not only do i feel alone , but i dont know who i am. I know i am a wife and a mother. I spend all of my time at home with my completely non verbal autistic child. I adore him but he doesnt talk and if anything his presence makes me feel even more lonely because i feel like ive failed him and its just this deflated feeling of ' oh my god i adore you, i feel like i am failing you. '

He is getting babysat by parrners family for first time in forever tonight and it is so bittersweet for me to think about. I genuinely have no clue what to do with myelf , my time , how to have purpose without the only thing i live for with me. Its times like this i long for a friendship. Someone to talk too after being hit by an overstimulated toddler all day haha