I drove off the side of the road today on the way to the dentist. I'm okay, no bumps, bruises or dings on the car. Tires are fine. I wasn't going fast, I was just going. I saw myself doing it yet was too robotic and "far away" to react in time.

I have chronic depersonalization disorder that shows up when I am highly stressed. It's a very scary feeling, as if you are sitting in the back seat of the car watching yourself drive. Sometimes it manifests itself in distorted body images like my hands will become huge and there is no convincing me that they aren't. I am always amazed that the other person can't see how one ankle is three times the size of the other one. Or sometimes the outside world doesn't seem real, and there is a film of Saran Wrap between me and reality. But mostly it's me who feels made of plastic.

Anyone else have this?

Petunia