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when parts are coming in close do your eyes freak out?

Postby nya14 » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:28 am

I'm wondering if anyone else has problems like this.

When I have parts that come in really close and I'm struggling with memories/emotional states etc. by eyes start freaking out. I can't focus, can't look my therapist in the eyes, my eyes swim back and forth and I feel like I can't control them. I can't keep them open very well and everything is blurry. These things come and go and seem connected to intense feelings that come up and when I'm more present, it goes away. My eyes often feel like they are burning.

It's making things very difficult and I'm wondering if anyone else has something similar
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Re: when parts are coming in close do your eyes freak out?

Postby jennia2 » Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:23 am

Yes. Something like this happens to me. I tried to describe my visual disturbances in another post. Visual disturbances are a part of disassociating. For me, the person might look further away. When I am really disassociated, they look to be another dimension from me. And when I am really, really disassociated, I can barely see them, not for being blurry or fuzzy (although this happens too) but because I am struggling to remain conscious. It feels like I am trying to wake up but can't. At times, things in the peripheral vision are warped or blurred, and all the while I struggle to see the person in front of me. Things I see in my environment just won't register unless I struggle to register them. I have come across a subject called dysfunctional lateralization of the brain that refers to a problem with underdevelopment of the right side of the brain that results from trauma and lack of nurturing as a child when this side of the brain is rapidly developing. I haven't studied it enough to explain in detail but that gives you something to check into. I think what it means is that the right and left hemispheres are supposed to be communicating but something happens to the wiring (neuro-pathways)and external information doesn't get processed properly. For me, during disassoication my brain starts shutting down and I am dazed. It feels like I am firing on two cylinders (like a car). There are all sorts of visual disturbance and even auditory disturbances when one disassociates. Sometimes, I can't hear what is being said to me. No sound. At other times, I hear them but don't understand what they are saying; my brain just can't process it. If you have a therapist, definitely try to explain it to them. There is still so much unknown about this illness so your input will help others.
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