Does anyone have a kid that does this? I don't mean to just daydream a lot, I mean daydreams on steroids with pacing, jumping, facial expressions, laughing etc. and very very detailed, triggered by films, tv, books etc.
He is in this state at home probably at least 50% of the time. Since he had no other ADD symptoms I didn't know what was going on... now that I know he is lost in a dream I can see what is happening.
Does anyone else have a kid doing this?
Uh oh. Uh, yes. This is totally my kid. He calls his "creative shocks" - many times he will come "write" (i.e., dictate or type) the resulting stories. But yes he does this. To me, I think it looks very, very much like Stereotypic Movement Disorder. It's pretty much my kid to a T. I have posted about it here before.
