derealization

Does anbody ever experience derealization or depersonalization? I feel like I 'm walking around in a fog. I feel detached and don't ever really feel connected to anyone or anything. Do you know what I mean? It's hard to explain, but it really bothers me and it's just another symptom to contribute to my obsession with becoming schizophrenic.thanx for listening.

i have been experiencing derealization for a few years. i almost always feel like im in a fog, or that there is a haze over everything... i also tend to think that what i see in my field of vision is pressed up against my eyes like a 2d picture. its hard to explain. i know that i am in contact with reality and i feel like i am myself, not a robot; its just the rest of the world that seems unreal. sometimes i feel like that pink floyd song, comfortably numb, but w/o the drugs. its a way of protecting yourself, a defense mechanism, apparently, but it can get out of control. i also used to be afraid that i was going crazy when i felt derealized, but this is actually a common thing people who dissociate say, according to a bunch of websites i read (and we all know websites are 100% factual all the time )

i dont nkow if you experience this, but i also have visual snow, or noise in my field of vision. whenever im derealized i feel like it gets worse and that makes it even harder to come back to reality. i used to freak out and try to close myself off from everything but nowadays i try to close my eyes, relax, and imagine a peaceful scene where im alone in a winter forest at night and its cold. it usually works long enough for me to remove myself from the situation or at least to stop from spiralling into a fit.

derealization can be hard to deal with. i often feel so detached from loved ones and other people that when i see an accident i almost dont care and when my friends are having a bad day sometimes i just can't make myself care, though i feel i am an empathetic person.

i have felt detached from the world for a while like your living in a dream and nothing is real...i just detach myself from everything and everyone around me, i dont even call my friends or pick up there calls anymore and most of them are mad at me for it. I know how you feel and you no i'll always be here for you soo if you need me im here for you dont hesitate to give me a call or email me, k.

Mwah luv ya

Thanx sweetheart

derealisation and depersonalisation are usually caused by stress, learning new ways of relaxing and calming yourself help

aimdog wrote:Does anbody ever experience derealization or depersonalization? I feel like I 'm walking around in a fog. I feel detached and don't ever really feel connected to anyone or anything. Do you know what I mean? It's hard to explain, but it really bothers me and it's just another symptom to contribute to my absession with becoming schizophrenic.thanx for listening.

Have you seen the documentary Tarnation? Personally I feel it helps when hearing or seing someoneelse discribing the same problems I have. In this documentary the main character at some point talk about his depersonalisation. First I wanna ask, are you sure it is depersonalisation? When I used to suffer from strong anxiety I used to experience that too.

Be well!

Yeah, I do have anxiety, depersonalization is usually comorbid to anxiety.

Hey,


The things you have described in the first post would interest those studying Yogic Philosophies. I believe this to be true because (As far as I know) these philosophies say that the mind is completely separate from the environment. Indeed, they say that the environment is an illusion. However, PLEASE correct me on this if I am wrong.


Personally, I believe that what you have described is a result of a certain state that that the brain reaches after many months of deep-thought. Certain areas in the brain will have grown and other areas will have shrunk. At some point you will become so in-tune with your own thougts that the world around you can at times seem very separate from you.


Also, considering that it took a number of months to get to that point it would also take a number of months to be removed from that point completely. The brain is always growing even in octogenarians and centenarians so look after it.


Take care,
Kevster.