Re: More feelings of depersonalization?
Phil, i get all the symptoms of DP u described in ur last two posts!!
I can deffo sympathise with you regarding the arms not feeling like mine, like they are a dead persons arms just sat there, and i think i cant move them but i can...its not nice. I get the crunching headache feeling, i think thats tension that causes that! thats what my doc said anyway! and i have awful tension in jaw and neck which i can feel in my head, speshly when i move my jaw around sometimes..
I ALWAYS feel like im in a dream when i walk, and i feel like a zombie or that im not rly part of this world, and ppl talk to me and i question who i am and why they r talking to me and who they are...its rly odd!!
I LAWAYS feel like i 'freeze out', like i feel frozen to the spot as if im stuck and im not able to move, but then i move and i know its rubbish but then i still question whether its normal that I had even felt this freezing thing... its a v.scary symptom.
The thing about thinking about one thing, and thats DP, and constasntly wondering if something is related to DP or whether its 'real'as such... and u sit there almost waiting for things to happen.. its horrible, i can more than sympathise with you on that one!! DP makes us feel trapped in someone elses body almost, with a brain that mtakes over our thinking that we cant control.. we CAN though, and thats where the beating it comes into play! Coz this is all just thoughts and adrenalin, and nothing more! I know that, but still it affects me...lol.
Lights always seem dull to me, rooms look smaller/larger than normal. I feel like im in a big bubble, like the world isnt real around me. Its so scary!
Feeling like a statue or figure is part of my everyday life, i knw wot u mean, i sit there and think to myself 'who am i' and like my bodsy is not mine and im wathing everything going on around me and question everything, like why im there and i look at yself doing things and thiunk 'why?' its so strange! i used to think it was madness, but its deffo not, as mad people dont realise they r mad lol. Its just over thinking, anxiety causes overthinking. My dp is getting better, but still a loingggg way to go :(
I just wanted u to know that all of this is DP caused by heightened senses and nerves within ur brain, which is all caused by the dreaded A word!! ANXIETY!!
CBT and meds help alot, but be careful of some SSRI'S, as they can be known to cause DP or make it alot worse..
Take care x
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