I know exactly how you're feeling. Sometimes I really wish I was surrounded by people that understood and who I could talk to or ignore. But then it's having to deal with normal people that keeps me at least partly in the real world. A couple of weeks ago I couldn't sit down to finish a meal or go to a class, I'd just get too scared. This week someone just sent me an email saying how organised and enthusiastic I seem about something we're doing together. And I have been, because it just completely took me out of myself. The dp hasn't gone, but I have enjoyed this week because I'm not focusing on it. (rather a tired old moral, but true)
In regard to the internalising of big issues - the best days I've had in the midst of dp despair have been working Friday mornings at an Oxfam bookshop. Surrounded by lots of nice old ladies, doing something to make the world a bit better, free biscuits, friendly customers that you get to know. It really really helps, maybe there's something similar you could try?
So could I have a room in the mansion, but perhaps only stay there a few days of every month?
Don't bang your head against the wall. Definitely brain damage would be bad.
In regard to the internalising of big issues - the best days I've had in the midst of dp despair have been working Friday mornings at an Oxfam bookshop. Surrounded by lots of nice old ladies, doing something to make the world a bit better, free biscuits, friendly customers that you get to know. It really really helps, maybe there's something similar you could try?
So could I have a room in the mansion, but perhaps only stay there a few days of every month?
Don't bang your head against the wall. Definitely brain damage would be bad.