[Sunnyzara]

Anyone having trouble recognizing themselves in the mirror/pictures?

I know it's me but feel so detached...so scared of becoming crazy/schizophrenic or losing all self identity...i hate this.

 

[Aridity]

That's DPDR.

 

[Sunnyzara]

I know but i just want it to stop

 

[Aridity]

I know but i just want it to stop

Yeah, I also have lots of wishes.

 

[NoDevils]

I know but i just want it to stop

For me that symptom only lasted a few days.

 

[acoisaemeuaintfuckintherr]

Oh, this is terrie isn't it!

 

[Absent]

Hello Sunnyzara. Yes, I struggle to recognise myself in mirrors and pictures. Also, they are proof I exist, which is freaky when I do not feel that I do. I am unable to recall people's faces from memory and it can be awkward meeting someone when not recognising them. However, I am used to all this, all part of DPRD squashing emotional experience. The sense of disintegration can be horrible, yes, but I have no fear of it progressing to psychosis, it won't do that. Also, while my self experience is so faded, my inner true identity is always there and strong. I hope this is some use to you. James.

 

[forestx5]

Anyone having trouble recognizing themselves in the mirror/pictures?

I know it's me but feel so detached...so scared of becoming crazy/schizophrenic or losing all self identity...i hate this.

I call it the loss of limbic resonance. When I was 17, I had a powerful temporal lobe seizure that insulted my limbic system. It made my EEGs abnormal. My family members became just images. I knew who they were in an intellectual context, but I couldn't "color" them in because my emotional center was off line. The same was true for my own image in the mirror. Someone was looking back at me, but it wasn't me. When I looked into my own eyes, nobody was home. That was 50 years ago. The guy I was looking for isn't there anymore, anyway.