Strange problem

[Starlet_2008]

Ever since I was about 2 years old I had this behavior where I would run around and act out scenes in my head and become like a character...this would be any person I had seen on t.v  or another person and wanted to be like. This continued for a very long time untill about the age of 17, however I would no longer run around at an older age just do this in my head. Now I'm 21 i don't have any problem with this as i have just stopped the need to do this and I never get the urge to do this. I've spoken to my therapist about it who thought it may have been a dissociative reaction but was very vauge. Have you ever heard of such behavior? The reason I ask is because it has made me feel weird for a long time and i cannot find a single person who has ever done this!!...Just to add as a child I was very anxious and have now developed Body dysmorphic and social phobia..I've also never taken any medication.

[ILADVOCATE]

Well I am part of an agency that assists people with disabilities with benefits issues. I can't provide any psychiatric advice of course but I could help you see if you qualify for some benefits (google "Medicaid Buy In for Working People With Disabilities" a start) that could help you obtain medical coverage. Send me an onsite e-mail and I'll see what I can do for you.

[Starlet_2008]

I am still suffering with these problems and also have severe depression and feel like I'm going insane at the moment...unfortunately my therapist cannot refer me as I have been paying private and she doesn't work on the NHS. There have been some symptoms of me having been abused as a child but i have no real memory of this, which is driving me insane trying to work it all out. All this repressed memory stuff is torturing me at the minute.

[ILADVOCATE]

If you still have social phobia and body dysmorphic disorder then there are still issues to be resolved. Dissociative identity disorder is rare but can change overtime depending on the underlying mental illness. I would suggest your therapist refer you to a psychiatrist for a greater understanding of what is going on and perhaps treatment as the psychiatrist sees fit. Sometimes traumatic events in childhood that are repressed cause ptsd which can cause all kinds of havoc and long term mental changes.

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

I have heard many variations on this, and don't think it is weird at all, just an extreme example of the very normal function of imagining, and living out the dramas you see.  It's actually a gift;, nothing to be ashamed about.