Maladaptive daydreaming and Dissociation

Since I was a child I have been daydreaming and 'zoning out' frequently. I always believed it was just a personality trait and nothing to check medically, until now.

After more research I can now put a name to it. I believe I have maladaptive daydreaming (science is catching up), a strong urge to daydream at least once a day in which I am the main character most of the time. I acknowledge for the most part I daydream about my ideal self, or how I would like others to perceive me. Sometimes it isn't even about me or people I know (i.e. characters in soaps, movies or books).

Another thing I have is dissociation. I often 'zone out' whilst people are talking to me or even while watching or listening to something. This does annoy people, but I don't do it on purpose. It isn't something I have control over.

Both of these things I have been doing since I was a child. I am now 24. It hasn't changed much over the years. Hasn't gotten worse or better. There isn't really a spefic trigger(s) for it. It just happens on the daily.

As a child I was abused over the course of three years, as well as being bullied, which might explain why I developed dissociation. It's my brain's way of dealing with the past.

I just wanted to talk about this in hope of finding others with similar problems and how they dealt with it.