This condition is probably best portrayed in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a movie about negative assets manager Walter, who appears to be dreaming his life away and presents many of the common symptoms of Maladaptive Daydreaming.

这种症状在《白日梦想家》里得到很好的展现，电影讲述的是底片管理员沃特·米提在日常生活中常常处于空想状态，而他身上呈现出不良适应性白日梦的各种症状。