[allison84]

Hey
One of the main symptoms off dp is you cant recognise yourself in the mirror.
Now when i look in the mirror i really cant recognise myself when im super anxious.
However when i have no anxiety or low anxiety, when i look in the mirror i can recognise myself BUT i cant connect to my reflection like i cant feel that thing humans have inside themselves that connect to there reflection , kinda like im looking right though myself .

Can any one relate to this ?
Do you know what i mean ?
Im not freaked out by this just slightly confused .

 

[Pondererer]

Yeah it's really common.

I avoid the mirror at all times because of this.

 

[allison84]

Hi pondererer
Do you feel like when you look at yourself your looking stright though yourself
But do recognise yourself.?

 

[dissoziation]

I feel the same way. Most of the time I'm fine with seeing myself in the mirror, but I can't focus on it too long or I'll get uncomfortable. I get particularly disturbed when I dissociate and I don't recognize myself; I think things like, "that's what I look like?", "that's the body that's carrying my mind", etc. Weird stuff like that.