Hidden Longings: Maladaptive Daydreaming Through a Schema Therapy Lens
Understanding Early Maladaptive Schemas and Maladaptive Daydreaming Maladaptive daydreaming—the immersive fantasy world that many individuals retreat to—can be deeply understood through Jeffrey Young’s Schema Therapy model. This therapeutic framework provides...How Maladaptive Daydream Content Reveals Unmet Childhood Emotional Needs
The rich, immersive worlds created in maladaptive daydreaming rarely emerge by chance. Behind the elaborate storylines, recurring characters, and persistent themes lies a psychological blueprint—a map of emotional needs that often traces back to childhood experiences....Analyzing Apple TV+’s Severance using Schema Therapy: Mark S’s Innie and Outie as Schema Modes
Mark S from Apple TV+’s Severance is a compelling fictionalized case study of extreme emotional state fragmentation. He and other Lumon employees elect to undergo the severance procedure which splits ones conscious awareness between ones innie work self and their...