[Trith]

Hi,
I know I have been very analytical for all my life, sometimes anxious and checking myself, or sometimes just curious, having an interest for explaining things in detail or researching in detail, this kind of thing. So it's sometimes something that feeds anxiety (at least it used to be, I have far far less anxiety now than I did years before), or sometimes something that I enjoy and gives me a lot of interest and satisfaction.
I feel also that people with DPDR tend to be analytical too, sometimes overthinking as well.
I am wondering if this tendency is caused by DPDR, exacerbated by DPDR, or has always been present anyway and is just something that gives predispositions to DPDR. My feeling is that it has always been there for me, but is exacerbated during anxiety episodes that can be triggered by DPDR but not only.
But I would like to have the opinions of people who have recovered. Do you feel you are still kind of analytical, have you always been, or was it only during their DPDR time? But I know it might be hard to find people who have recovered in this part of the forum. I still try.
Thanks in advance.

 

[leminaseri]

when i recovered 2016 (my episode began 2011) i was still very analytical. but i never thought about this its interesting

 

[Phantasm]

Something I've come to understand is that obsession is part of the trio, with depression and anxiety.

I never thought I was OCD, but there's a form called Pure O, mental obsession.

You can use reasoning to recognise that no thoughts make any difference, because they don't.