Kirk Allen and Maladaptive Daydreaming

 

We all daydream and many of us funnel our imagination into creative acts. But what happens when these exercises overpower us? In this two-part Stuff to Blow Your Mind exploration, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the strange case of nuclear physicist Kirk Allen, whose imagination may have gotten the better of him -- and his psychoanalyst. Dive into the world of cooperative illusions and maladaptive daydreaming. 

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about re… 

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