> The downsides are that I have trouble sleeping unassisted, as I'll just lay in bed thinking til the sun comes up, and also have trouble staying focused on mov

> The downsides are that I have trouble sleeping unassisted, as I'll just lay in bed thinking til the sun comes up, and also have trouble staying focused on movies or even conversation, as my mind will be elsewhere. I daydream a lot. But I (mostly) don't suffer from those side effects. Instead, a couple of years ago, I got myself trapped in a spiral of recurring daydreams which slowly removed me from active life - to the point where I found myself on the verge of financial ruin (because: lost interest in finding work). I managed to pull out of the spiral with the help of a psychotherapist, but it was a close-run thing. The scary thing was that I didn't notice I was spiralling until one day I found myself in tears because my bank account was empty and I genuinely had no idea about how to fix it. Those daydreams (personal historical what-if scenarios, mostly) were highly addictive!