[shadowness]

i know that the vision disturbances are very common...

but do things look a bit cartoony in a way?

as if you are looking at more of a picture?

i suppose this goes in with the 2D vision thing...

but things are looking very vivid and cartoon like to me at the moment...

just interested to read your thoughts

thank you...

 

[Inflammed]

Yeah I get this to Shadowness...
Feels like everthing is on *pause*. Flat and lifeless, souless.
When I move I don't feel that I'm moving...I feel that the whole Earth is moving under my feet...

I once had a mescaline trip that was very similar to DR, the only thing I could feel was my sight...not even my eyes but only my sight.
And I was repeating *I'm not here, I'm not here anymore*
I wasnt even scared 'caus I knew there was a reason for feeling like this...I used drugs ! Haha !
I went to sleep and got up in the morning feeling good.

I somtimes also feels like in the Matrix...like if I finally understand that everything around me is fake...that my mind is not bound to matter anymore.

Illumination ? Surely.
Ask a monk what he's trying to do when he meditates...he's trying to get in the same state we are in our everyday life. But it will take him a lifetime to acheive it.
I think we are somewhat gifted...but we are simply not ready to receive this gift...
It's only when we'll learn to canalise it that we'll be in peace with it.

The more you try to put your soul back into your body while in DP, the stronger your soul will pull away from it.
We are simply living a combat between the soul and the body we have.

Sorry for the mixed toughts =)

 

[kenc127]

Yes. The cartoony thing has been my experience as well. It's almost like watching a movie. It happens with a lot of anxiety and when DP is bad. Hang in there because it goes away.

Ken

 

[dreamcatcher]

cartoon hell...thats exactley it :!: flat,colourful and extremely annoying

 

[Guest]

I had that too for the first month of my DP/DR but as soon as I accepted it, it went away.

Now I'm just learning how to accept obsessive/scary thoughts.

Hang in there. When things appear cartoon-like, tell yourself to accept it that way and to not be scared of it. It can't hurt you. As soon as your fear of it goes away, the experience will go away as well.

 

[Axel19]

Yep I get this too.
I?d say that this is definately my worst symptom. It?s the onesymptom that I can not deny, it?s not just anxiety, and I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!!!!

 

[Beth]

Ask a monk what he's trying to do when he meditates...he's trying to get in the same state we are in our everyday life. But it will take him a lifetime to acheive it.
I think we are somewhat gifted...but we are simply not ready to receive this gift...
It's only when we'll learn to canalise it that we'll be in peace with it.

This is something I'm really interested in. Before I knew the term "depersonalization" the only answers I could find were in books about Buddhism. But don't you think maybe the monk's goal is not actually a good one? It is possible to accept dp/dr, and of course if you must live with it, then accepting it is better than obsessing over it. But surely it's better to be fully engaged with life? To feel emotions like love and to interact with an environment and other people that we know are real. I think the reason that some people suffer this condition after severe trauma is that that is the only time it is beneficial. I can't see how in any way this is a good tool otherwise, not if you can't switch it on and off at will. I don't believe in any 'meaning' beyond what we see every day, so I want to get all I can out of that.

 

[bat]

hi shadowness

cartoony and vivid is what i get when i have dr. in my case it's just like part of the effect from rec drugs. brighter colours, things looking plasticy/rubbery. i find it horrible as i don't know how long it will last whereas with drugs, even if having a hard time, you know it'll be over in a few hours. however i find dr bearable; its dp that kills me

 

[nayashi]

i remember that when i about to tell my mom i'm bi, wrote down in my journal, "everthing feels like a cartoon"