No it does not look like a cartoon land, it just has this "feel" that's a little off from regular reality. As if people have don't depth in their personality and that personality makes them seem cartoonish and unreal...it's some kind of internal connection gone wrong. Are you a researcher?
DR- Cartoon like?
Can someone who experiences these symptoms please tell me in more detail what it is actually like? When people with severe DR say they feel they live in some cartoon land, or that everything looks cartoonish, what do they mean? Does everything around them literally look like it was drawn or animated?
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No im just a guy with DP/DR. I had this very weird dream last night that I was with my family in some sort of alternate cartoon reality. Like we were all Simpsons characters or something, and we knew that it was not supposed to be like that. So I woke up all freaked out that I was in some cartoon land, or perceiving reality to be cartoonish. I have not had these thoughts before so I know that it is just my dream that is freaking me out and making me think like this, so I just wanted feedback from some other people who say they feel things are "cartoonish." I have felt that people around me dont have depth in their personality and it can make them and the world seem unreal, but "cartoonish" just seems like an odd and unfitting adjective to attach to it.
to me derealization is like a movie with no meaning to it. ur just a one person audience member watching a movie that you can't fully understand. everyone in the movie understands each other and their reality, but you dont. so basically one thing that can happened with derealisation is like if someone was about to be shot right in front of u by someone else, and it seems like its not real so you don't fully have the emotions to react to it.
I consider myself to have severe DR, and while the world doesn't appear to be ''cartoonish'' per se, everything just seems so surreal. Like I feel as if there's a big fog/veil in front of my eyes, preventing me from really, truly ''seeing'' reality. Everything pretty much just seems so distorted and hazy and 2D-ish, but I wouldn't say cartoonish...that'd be a little bizarre.Can someone who experiences these symptoms please tell me in more detail what it is actually like? When people with severe DR say they feel they live in some cartoon land, or that everything looks cartoonish, what do they mean? Does everything around them literally look like it was drawn or animated?
It can look like that, but it really depends on how you visually perceive it. If it looks cartoony or animated to you, your brain perceives it as that. I have really bad derealization from traumatic situations that have happened in my life, I also have severe stress and anxiety that’s un-treated. I also smoked really potent Marijuana that would often trigger the feeling of detachment and dissociation. Certain things, situations or places that give me anxiety, PTSD, OCD ect. will give me feelings of detachment. When I do have episodes of derealization… objects, people and places look un real, sometimes it will look 2 dimensional and flat, objects will look distorted or it will look like it’s changing size or it will look un naturally sharp. If it gets really bad, sometimes the world around me will look cartoony, animated or as if it’s made out of printed paper. It gives me physical effects when I start really worrying about it, such as fast heart rate, high blood pressure, dizziness, shallowed breathing, gastrointestinal issues ect. Derealization can be very confusing and distressing, but remember that it is just a chemical imbalance in your brain. Derealization can in no way hurt you physically. What I do when I have these feelings of detachment is to distract myself, like doing something fun. I listen to music, watch a movie, sometimes I’ll even draw. Everyone is different, it can be mild and not get in the way of one’s life, it can also be very distressing for others and can get in the way of their daily life. Seeking psychiatry, talking to a therapist and recognizing what causes these feelings of detached and disassociation can help you get back into reality. I really hope this helps to whoever is struggling with this and I hope to find people who can relate to what I go through.
I was in the worst state of derealization ive eve been in for about 5 hours earlier today. while i looked around my room it was like the visual effect of being high on weed (purely visual effects excluding hallucinations) it very clearly is my room but it felt unfamiliar and off and while i looked around it just felt fake almost like i was seeing through a vr headset. im not sure how to explain it, its visual but not really? i see everything normally but mentally its weird and foggy and nothing feels real and it gets to a point where it does look different but not literally? im not sure its confusing even for me to explain but basically its a mental state but it messes with your head completely and makes you feel like you are in a dream, or a game/movie and that nothing is real and/or its very unfamiliar and wrong. another thing that i experience is even recent events (minutes or even seconds ago) feel like extremely distant or even false memories that could have happened lifetimes ago.Can someone who experiences these symptoms please tell me in more detail what it is actually like? When people with severe DR say they feel they live in some cartoon land, or that everything looks cartoonish, what do they mean? Does everything around them literally look like it was drawn or animated?
Ask them. I've never felt that I was looking at a drawing. I have felt that the dynamics of society and things that happen in general are very cartoonish.
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