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Originally Posted by chickenfoot
Oh right, sorry
Well, it's hard to explain but before I self harm I generally feel a detachment with the World, with people, with anything. I feel as though nothing is real and that I'm just 'plugged in' to this fake reality. I self harm to try and bring myself back, to try and reassure myself that I'm human. My head gets so crowded with noises, voices and racing thoughts, that I feel like I'm on some kind of powerful drug, out of my head on it and I cut myself to bring me back.
It's generally a very peaceful (not sure if that's the right word to use) moment when I'm like that. I do not self harm out of rage and feel very little emotion. It's my totem.
Does that sound familiar to a BPD sufferer? Maybe it does, I do not know much about the disorder.
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Ah ok. Thx for sharing. Depersonalization and derealization are common for borderline when the individual is under stress. A lot of it. Some people only of course. So pain might make you feel real and bring you back into your body. It might be typical of BPD in this regard one could say.