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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
 By dissociation I didn't mean losing time or full blown DID. It's a spectrum like most things. Sometimes I get low grade depersonalisation & derealisation when I'm really stressed and it can be hard to know what exactly I am feeling. Lately I doubt my understanding of my emotions and I find it hard to tell what's happening. The obvious ones when I cry or want to punch something are easy, but the rest of the time I mostly have no idea. |
I have had depersonalization a few times. It seemed to happen a lot when I was 25 and 26 when I was ill. It went away when I was put on olanzepine. Apparently it can happen in people with psychotic disorders. Severe anxiety can cause it too. Some therapists will automatically assume there is a history of abuse but that isn't always the case.
Derealization sounds scary. How do you cope with it? I have never had that. Something similar happened when I was 26. My body and mind were being controlled by a other worldly being and the world around me appeared fuzzy. It was like I was between two universes.
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Dx: Didgee Disorder
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