Daydreaming helppppppp

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Hi

So I have daydreamed for years over and over about the same thing. I daydream about being cared for in a hospital setting where I am seriously ill or injured. Usually in a wheelchair with many health concerns. I have built up a relationship with the "doctors" in my head. I guess I like it because even though things are really bad in the daydream I'm almost stronger and people care more etc. It's almost like a living casualty in my head. I also find medical stuff really interesting and know quite a lot of medical knowledge which I use in my daydreams.
Is this some sort of special interest which I can't indulge in as I'm not a doctor and I'm actually daydreaming about them because it's hard to be understood with autism? I have stopped myself daydreaming after I think this daydream helps my anxiety does anyone do similar or can help me? Thanks

Two things come to mind here -

1) It's been discussed before here, that Maladaptive Daydreaming Disorder seems quite common among autistics. I used to do it a lot myself - escaping into a fantasy world inside my head, that was so much better than the real world!

2) Your daydream seems to be the yearning of a person with an invisible disability that no one cares about... So in your daydream, you have an obvious physical problem, and people do care. In that way, it makes perfect sense to me!

If it comforts you to escape into this daydream now and then, and it isn't interfering with your real life activities, I don't see a problem with it

Omg do this too!! !! Although since im a writer, its much easier to transfer these musings from my brain on to paper and from there elaborate as much as i want. I always picture myself severely disabled in a wheelchair, wearing diapers and having a nhrse taking care of me.....i dont know why or where it comes from but it started when i was 11 and hasnt gone away since....

Thank you Ashariel and Penandinkmarie
Penandinkmarie I too have been doing it since I was probably 11 and that is exactly what I do I wonder what it means. Lately I have been feeling so guilty about doing it