[Kroko]

Hey, I'm new to this forum.

I was wondering about something that kind of bothers me, although it's definitely not the biggest of my worries. Does anyone else with DP/DR get this?

When I pick something up, especially if it's high up and dropping it might lead to something bad like breaking it, I sometimes get this compelling feeling that I'll accidentally drop the item. In my hand it feels like I'll drop it any second. Then I quickly put it somewhere like on a table.

 

[bat]

yea i get that. also if walking near a cliff edge or steep drop i get the feeling i'm going to jump. not a suicide thing just a compulsion to jump. so i stay away from heights

 

[dreamcatcher]

yeah similiar thoughts,also when holding a sharp knife i get images of me slitting my wrists....which really is something i dont intent to do ever....its freaky what the mind can do

 

[luke1979]

yeah i get those sorta 'crazy compulsion' type feelings.. anything from the jumping from heights to like headbutting someone, ive sorta learnt to try and ignore it, although the thoughts are so inappropriate it can be pretty disturbing, if it gets too much i just sorta leave the situation, but that rarely happens.
i also had those sorta 'thoughts' before the dp started up, so id say it's prolly something natural, but as we are prone to over thinking, instead of getting a fleeting thought and letting it go, we sorta obsess over it and turn the fleeting thought into much more.

 

[nayashi]

yea, another thing that's really strange with me, is if i drop a pen an inch from the table, my lip quivers and i feel like "OMG WHAT HAVE I DONE" for a half a second, but i totally know it's okay. but it won't happen when i drop a glass and it shatters all over the floor. i don't know. it's strange

 

[Magneto]

I'm glad you guys have mentioned the jumping from heights thing! I get that feeling too, like I will jump or try to teeter on the edge or something else that will make me fall to my doom. Like you said, it's not that I want to die, but more like "I wonder what would happen if..."... even though I of course know what would happen if.

Or maybe I would fly?

 

[Diverticulitis]

Definitely get the 'gonna drop it...' thing a lot. I think it's because I don't actually feel my hand belongs to me, so I have to make a conscious effort to grip the object, which leads to over-focussing, which creates a sort of paralysis that can actually lead to me dropping the thing. I found this out very early on in my DP when I dropped a full pint glass in a crowded pub. Not a happy experience for a social phobic!
WS

 

[g-funk]

oh yeah, dropping someone's baby, throwing yourself off a motorway bridge, bending your fingers back as far as they can go to see if they'll break...never done any of it, because I don't actually want to do any of it. Just my brain having fun with me and testing what I'm made of. Not necessarily a dp thing, more of a symtpom of anxiety I think because I know a lot of people who have similar thoughts. Very common, in my social circle, anyway! So, unless we're a bunch of sadomasochists then I would say that it's not necessarily a sign that you're ever going to do any of it.