[Guest]

Does anyone have problems when they are out of their homes with being afraid of getting lost. When I am at work, it feels so distant and foreign yet I can make my way around there and somehow get through the day. I don't know anymore. I feeling like whatever it is (DP/DR) is getting a tighter grip on my so called sanity. Any response is appreciated.
Katie

 

[mulder]

Yeah, I had that a lot in the beginning.

As an example, I was at my mates house, and they'd knocked a wall out and were re-arranging the place a tiny bit. It felt like I'd never been there before and that I couldn't find my way around the house, even though the changes were quite small. Also, I couldn't imagine myself getting around a strange city at all, or even parts of my own city that I don't know.

When I went to the states, I found that I was happy to just sit in hotel rooms and look out the window, but any ventures into the street would be scarey. Even with another person, it felt so alien that I was watching everything I did and making mental notes everytime we turned a corner. I didn't even have DP/DR yet at this point!

 

[Ben]

Katie,

The only time I ever get depersonalized anymore is when I travel - and only lightly then too. However, there was a time when I got it real bad traveling; I suppose this is very similar to what you're saying.

 

[university girl]

Yes Katie...

As an example, there is this medium-sized mall that I've been in so many times and I still get lost with direction.

 

[shadowness]

i get like that around my own house...

wonder how i know where to go but just feel lost and at work i get the same...i feel like i have no idea where i am going and why...

i find it one of the most firghtening parts of dp and dr as even in the most familiar places it feels completely new...

 

[nemesis]

Those symptoms sound a lot like what might be produced by anxiety