>>6 Daydreaming becomes maladaptive when it does not spur you to do anything, exactly as you describe. Some dreams will enter and exit, builds up onto a larger picture if you tend to it, that’s all fine. But if it results in you subjugating yourself to the same monotonous way of living then yeah, something is not working right. When you see how that’s maladaptive, you can begin to see the corrosive nature of media, which could be described as a shared dreamscape!
I suppose it becomes maladaptive when you do not have a /genuine/ ideal or goal.
Certainly I daydream. The best solution I’ve found is to stop daydreaming with others, because if it’s just me at least there’s a sliver of actuality compared to the chain of disappointments others invoke