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Hey, OP. Don't know if you're still checking replies but here goes -
As MDD was only written about in 2002 for the very first time, there aren't any self-help books on it yet, especially since it's not in the DSM-V like "more serious" conditions such as bipolar and schizophrenia.
However, you can take your problems bit by bit and target them individually. You're already a step ahead with the meditation - I can't do it at all, my mind wanders; and if it doesn't then I just fall asleep lol. But moving on - targeting problems individually:
Anxiety? Depression? PTSD-induced need for escapism? There are books on that. What I'm suggesting is targeting the problem at the source - the symptoms and causes for the daydreaming to start. Think - do you think there is an ultimate cause for the need to disappear into your own world? Of course there is. It's a bit of an egg-or-chicken situation... one wonders if the dreaming started first and then caused problems socially and academically, or is it the problems that caused you to retreat into fantasy? It's most often the latter.
As for books, I bought this particular one in a half-assed (to be frank) attempt to try to help myself, to supplement my therapy - Higher Reality Therapy: Nine Pathways to Inner Peace . I only got through a couple of chapters, though, but it's a very interesting perspective on dealing with the greater picture of life in general. It draws on philosophy a lot in addition to psychology. It teaches you, as the summary says, "a 'Higher Reality' not only exists but awaits each of us, if only we allow ourselves to be as we were made to be." I really relate to you saying that you've already achieved everything you wanted in fantasy. This book addresses living life and making most of it.
I say this to every MDD person I meet on here - feel free to message me to chat or just rant. Most of us are lonely as fuck. We gotta stick together. :)
I have this problem for around 15 years now and it's not going away. There are ways I limit it but it will always be with me, I think. It has become part of my identity and I feel vapid without it.