Certain comforting social interactions can make my experience temporarily better. Keyword: comforting. That doesn’t happen all that frequently though.
Helped by human interaction
My brother came to town last week and it was a pretty fun time. He doesn't come around very often, so it's always nice to see him. While he was here, I was distracted most of the time, so I wasn't focussed on my DP/DR as much. The DP/DR was still there, but it was in a much more manageable form. Interestingly, the DR was much more prevalent than the DP, probably because I wasn't focussed on myself as much. Anyway, since he came and went, I've noticed a drastic improvement in my situation. I still have chronic DP/DR, but it is not as debilitating as it was before. The DP/DR isn't causing as much anxiety as it did before. There have even been moments where I felt like I got a whiff of what normalcy feels like. To me, this confirms my theory that my current bout of debilitating, chronic DP/DR is the result of a depletion of "feel-good chemicals."
Has anyone else noticed improvement when they see someone they haven't seen in a long time, or when someone new comes into their life? I feel like regular human interaction and healthy relationships are a significant piece of the puzzle.
Has anyone else noticed improvement when they see someone they haven't seen in a long time, or when someone new comes into their life? I feel like regular human interaction and healthy relationships are a significant piece of the puzzle.
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The way I see it, at least from my experience, a couple of things happen simultaneously when I’m engaged in a comforting social interaction.
first, the existential ruminations / self-conversations / hyperintellectualizing goes away while I’m focused on the interaction. And second, the fact that I’m conversing as well brings my attention into the world. You can’t be “listening” to your inner speaker while you are engaging with your external speaker because they are in fact one and the same.
first, the existential ruminations / self-conversations / hyperintellectualizing goes away while I’m focused on the interaction. And second, the fact that I’m conversing as well brings my attention into the world. You can’t be “listening” to your inner speaker while you are engaging with your external speaker because they are in fact one and the same.
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