feeling unreal

This occurs with me when my potential BPD kicks in. i get depressed, and then i feel empty, which makes me feel unreal. How often do you all feel this way?

more often than we should...

Me too. I hate myself most of the time. actually, all of the time. And my emotions are numbed due to the medicine i take. I hate antidepressants and antipsychotics. as soon as i go off of them, even if i have problems, i'm not going back on them. I will learn to deal with my mental state on my own. The reasons i hate myself are my appearance, the fact i can't feel any emotions, the fact that i have problems forming healthy relationships, and the fact that i am not happy with life and Everything in it. I may not act like i feel depressed most of the time, but i am horribly unhappy. I am unhappy that i have to take antipsychotics primarily, and antidepressants.

I am co-morbid with BPD too.

I know what you mean, the empty leads to a bit of a haze for me, then the unreal feeling. Like everything around me is there, but I'm not a part of the belongings.

At least, that's the way it is for me.

I got off ALL medications as quickly as I could once diagnosed DID, they did me more harm than good. Can't say it's like that for everyone, but I found that if my symptoms weren't coming from chemical imbalances then I didn't want pharma's chemicals doing harm.

I don't want medication either.