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#1
Mar 18, 2010, 02:11 PM
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seriously, I feel like my face keeps changing. I sometimes (well, a lot of times) stare at myself... sometimes I feel really pretty, but I look at myself like it was a stranger in the mirror... Other times, I have no particular feeling but I just see a stranger... I feel that it cannot be me, because I feel like I look different.
I am not sure if this makes any sense... |
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Mar 18, 2010, 07:28 PM
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Have you discussed this with your doctor?
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Mar 18, 2010, 08:25 PM
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It makes total sense to me. It's a symptom of dissociation. It's actually one of the questions asked on the dissociative experiences scale index Dx questionnaire.
I often look in the mirror and feel like I'm not recognizing myself. It's kind of disconcerting, but I've learned to live with it. --splitimage
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Mar 19, 2010, 06:55 AM
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Hey, how are you doing today, VenusHally?
I bet Prague is beautful this time of year...
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#5
Mar 19, 2010, 07:09 AM
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Hi... I am fine. We have spring...
I am not seeing and psychdoc at the moment... I still cannot figure out it's worth it. I don't want to have any medical record, since it seems to create possible complications career-wise and otherwise. I don't feel I have other symptoms of DID... besides occasional not remembering something, but that usually occurs when I am tired and stressed, at least that's how I explain it. |
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#6
Mar 19, 2010, 07:34 AM
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You can experience dissociation without being DID. Dissociation happens on a spectrum. Have you ever kind of zoned out while driving to a familiar place, got there and not really remembered the drive. That's a mild form of dissociation that lots of people experience.
I'm not DID but have been diagnosed with dissociactive disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS). It's a milder form and the Dr's way of saying she dissociates but I can't figure out what caused it. I believe it's a symptom of my PTSD. If it's not interfering with your life beyond being annoying and a little confusing, I wouldn't worry about it. --splitimage
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"I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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Mar 19, 2010, 11:35 AM
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Sometimes I get distressed looking in the mirror. After some years my face appears older. Then I realized the problem is that the mirror has gotten older.
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