Fantasy Personality Disorder is a personality disorder characterized by dramatization of events, grandiose fantasies and fantasized identities.
Fantasy Personality Disorder is on the spectrum of neurodiversity as well as its own Fantasy Spectrum which includes Fantasy Prone Personality at the stable left end, Neuronarration in the edging middle and Fantasy Personality Disorder at the right end.
Symptoms often related to Fantasy Personality Disorder are Self-identity, Interpersonal functionality and reaction to External stimuli.
Section A. Inconsistencies in overall identity such as name, origin and sense of reality.
→ A1. An identity or part of self dependent in fiction, fantasy or daydreams.
→ A2. Creation of fantastical identities in order to bring to life a character as opposed to a natural identity.
Section B. Inability to relate to factual or physical realities and empathize with members in it.
→ B1. Disconnect from the factual world, friends and family.
→ B2. Difficulty understanding physical boundaries and rules.
Section C. Exaggerated reaction to external stimuli, relationships, feelings, situations and more.
→ C1. Mimicry of behavior in fictional outlets, fantasies and daydreams.
→ C2. Difficulty grasping differing concepts of factual relationships, feelings and emotions.
Other possible causes of the symptoms (other mental health disorders, substance use, head trauma) must be excluded.
Requirements
Area 1. Persistent pattern of maladaptive traits involving one or both of the following:
→ 1a. Perception of self, identity and interpretation of others.
→ 1b. Interpersonal functioning and stimuli.
Area 2. Significant distress or loss of factual self identity resulting from pattern.
→ 2a. No longer relating with the factual self as a component in life.
→ 2b. Strain, anxiety or trouble related to maladaptive patterns.
Area 3. Lingering presence or early onset signs.
→ 3a. A record of the pattern occurring before adulthood or through early adulthood.
Breakdown
Section A. Inconsistencies in overall identity such as name, origin and sense of reality.
A1. An identity or part of self dependent in fiction, fantasy or daydreams.
Section A.A1 describes the immersion, absorption into fantasy which may include false senses. Resulting in identification or perception of such fantasy as physically real.
Those who fantasize will often see themselves as a part of fiction rather than the factual world and actively seek out fiction as a way to complete their identity.
A2. Creation of fantastical identities in order to bring to life a character as opposed to a natural identity.
Section A.A2 describes the intentional and voluntary decision to bring a fictional or fantasy to life through art, music, writing etc. This must refer to becoming the creation rather than roleplaying.
Those who fantasize often roleplay and act out characters but they use that outlet to create personas and characters related to themselves in order to reconnect the fictional bridge they seek.
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Section B. Inability to relate to factual or physical realities and empathize with members in it.
B1. Disconnect from the factual world, friends and family.
Section B.B1 describes a rift between the factual and fictional worlds rather than the conjoined or connected nature of a non- fantastical mind. Results in replacement of factual memories with exaggerated or grandiose fantasies.
Fantasizers will actively remove themselves from factual situations and that mindset for reasons such as coping, daydreaming or removing focus from daily activities.
B2. Difficulty understanding physical boundaries and rules.
Section B.B2 describes trouble with understanding boundaries, social standards and laws related to the factual world. Those who are fantastical have a harder time relating those rules and boundaries to themselves which results in a further disconnect.
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Section C. Exaggerated reaction to external stimuli, relationships, feelings, situations and more.
C1. Mimicry of behavior in fictional outlets, fantasies and daydreams.
Section C.C1 describes copying or acting out behaviors seen on television, in popular media or in video games. Such behavior is seen by others as unrealistic, mocking, rude or distasteful.
Oftentimes this mimicry of behavior is inappropriate, crude or harmful to those around the fantasizer.
C2. Difficulty grasping differing concepts of factual relationships, feelings and emotions.
Section C.C2 describes behavior that is often seen as heartless, emotionless or distant. Can refer to the lack of compassion, love or care for important events in the factual world. May or may not cause the fantasizer to care for fictional events more.
Notes:
Fantasies of such nature must be triggered in some way or form by rhythmic movement, media or music.
Fantasies must affect internal and external identity, relationships and emotions.
Section A.A1, Section B.B1, Area 2 and Area 3.a must be present with no other causes such as substance use, other mental disorders, overactive imagination or brain trauma.
Should not be confused with Maladaptive Daydreaming Disorder, Neuronarration, Role Playing, LARPing, or another personality disorder.”
