Hola

I thought I'd do somewhat of an intro post here, cause I do want to be more regular at posting in this sub-section.

I'm 22, and was diagnosed with Borderline PD Oct last year. At the end of 2012, I ended up having a breakdown and that's when I discovered that not only was I enduring severe depersonalization (I just refer to it as dissociation) but I realised that I had been for many years.

Sounds silly right? But anyway, at the start of this year I was confident I had came out of my break down period fully but I still deal with a lot of issues -sigh- The joys haha. But one of these major issues is my dissociation, I depersonalize on a daily basis - sometimes for half the day.

It doesn't cause me too much distress anymore because I've learnt to function somewhat during it, but it can vary in degree so when it gets really bad - the world is a very strange place for me. I guess I'm just looking to meet people who understand what I go through and I know dissociation is completely diverse in the way it works for people.

It took me pushing the topic with pdoc for her to even realise how severe it was, because it does impact on my recovery during Distress Tolerance - and unless somehow it's addressed or managed, I'm not sure how well I'll deal with DBT.

I've not been diagnosed, but I'm almost certain that I do have depersonalization disorder -Sigh- On top of BPD.

Idk, what are your experiences?