Maladaptive Daydreaming I think?
Throughout my life, I've always paced around and it would usually be because I would dream or think deeply of things. What I mean by that is that I would have an idea and that idea would develop into this whole story, it's crazy because of how vivid it feels. Like I can picture the sounds, the animation and how fluid it is, the voice acting and the world building. When a character in my head expresses, I feel the need to express that to or how they move. And I feel the need to pace around the room or the whole house and everytime I'm stopped, I get frustrated cuz I just want to be in my head and not in where I am currently. I feel like it's gotta worse throughout the years and it's more difficult to control that I feel I need to do it every hour or any time I read or listen to music. It doesn't help that I'm an adult now and not a kid so everyone just sees me as weird. And I just barely get anything done due to the amount of hours I waste like it would be 3 and then I paced and think around and all of a sudden it's 5. This is just frustrating, idk I just want to control it somehow.
@LullabyLambZZZ
HI
You sound amazingly creative. I'd love to hear the stories and characters you invent.
And walking does seem to be a natural stimulus for thinking and vice versa.
This may not be at all true for you, but I used to daydream and write stories in my head a lot. Only now can I see that this was my brain trying to tell me something. I had a problem to solve and now that I am solving it, I create stories much less. Sometimes I miss them though.
I wonder if mindfulness might be helpful for you? Mindfulness is about being more in the present. There's a very supportive mindfulness group here. You could investigate it, maybe. It's not totally for me, but I picked up some useful tips.
And of course, there is always therapy. Someone with professional knowledge and experience might be better able to help you achieve your goal. I think I would be still stuck in my problem, if it wasn't for therapy.
I hope you and your imagination can find a way to coexist so it doesn't cost you so much time. Best wishes.
