[livinginhell333]

since it seems like my hands aren't mine i have the inability to feel and touch things. i literally to not feel things in my hand, don't feel the keys as i am typing this, don't feel the ground under my feet, its hard to do things when you don't have any feeling in your body. anyone else have this or is it just me. i don't know if this is part of dp, but i don't feel my body at all and its really numb. if someone punched me it wouldn't hurt. if i pinch myself i barely feel it. actually i don't really feel it. its like my skin isn't mine. its kind of demoralising and frustrating that i can't feel any parts of my body. i was just wondering if you guys had anything like this or similiar to this, cuz i feel like the only one with the inability to feel and touch and all that good stuff.

 

[ret]

This is part of DP. I have it too.

 

[livinginhell333]

alright so i'm not the only one. doesn't it suck. the last time i could feel my body and had full control was like 5 months ago or something like that. it sucks losing senses like this. i also can't smell. and now that its allergy season i really can't smell anything. i just hate when everyone else is having a good time laughing being theirselves, when i have lost my personality and identity. things that used to make me laugh all the time aren't funny to me anymore.

 

[Monkeydust]

To be honest - and I don't know if I'm unusual in this - I've never had these "numb" feelings to any great extent; I've certainly never lost sensual feeling in any substantive way.

It seems to me that there's at least some divide, in terms of symtpoms, between those who describe their DP as "numbness" or "lack of emotion" and those, like me, who retain these things, but just feel a subtle yet disturbing shift in consciousness and the general "feel" of (self) perception.

I don't know why this should be the case, however.

 

[livinginhell333]

well i was trying to shoot around today and i couldn't feel the ball in my hands. i stopped after a little while cuz i got discouraged. i can still dribble kind of good, but not like before. it really sucks. i did do some dancing and enjoyed some music a little today. it gave me some sort of hope, but i still don't feel anything. i don't really know anymore.

 

[Guest]

i only have derealization where my consciousness is out of wack and everything looks half real. I dont have any feelings inside that make me enjoy life but i can still touch and smell and taste

 

[livinginhell333]

at least you can smell, touch, and taste things johnny. its very discouraging not to be able to do those things and i don't know when i will get it back.

 

[Guest]

i had this same thing livinghell....and things are so much better now for me....you will get there as well my friend.

 

[Guest]

at least you can smell, touch, and taste things johnny. its very discouraging not to be able to do those things and i don't know when i will get it back.

yea man im sorry, it must be very strange to not be able to touch taste and smell things.

 

[ShyTiger]

I also have sensory changes. I feel like i am numb and also can't taste and smell. But i also become hyperaware, like a sensory overload- with vision, hearing, smell and touch. i tend to swing between extreams.

 

[agentcooper]

i'm like you, shytiger, i get that sensory overload. good way to describe it i think that, more than anything else, can make me panicky.

 

[Guest]

I've had this feeling too. :shock: It's pretty odd, but I think the way to make it go away often lies in not focussing on it...

Sometimes I'll be in bed and I start focussing on how my body "feels". If I think about it too much, it can "feel" like I can't move anymore. If I focus on that I can start feeling as though I'm not actually touching the bed, like floating. And from there I can start feeling like even the bed is not touching the floor. If I close my eyes when this happens things usually start spinning. If I stop focussing on it it goes away.

I find this "not focussing on it" tactic has worked with panic attacks too. Sometimes I feel myself about to slip into that dreamy zone right before a panic attack. So I take out a book and start reading. I find my brain something else to focus on. I always carry a book with me when I'm out.

Hope this helps,
Nancy 8)

 

[livinginhell333]

but even when i'm not focusing on it i can't feel. i'm just like stuck in this position, and if i think about something else it doesn't help. i don't know what to do anymore.

 

[Guest]

Well for one, you should really tell your doctor about this if you haven't allready.

I hope it gets better...

Nancy

 

[Guest]

This is mostly what dp is for me,sensory distortion.

This is why I believe it is temporal lobe dysfunction.

I have not managed to be able to change these weird sensory perceptions with any amount of thought or non thought.They are there or they are not there.Medication has been the only thing that makes me feel more grounded,more able to feel what I touch.

I agree with sensory over load or being over sensitive to noise and visuals(including movement).
It's like everything is switched up to the max,like settings on a TV.

Best Shelly

 

[livinginhell333]

for me i feel like the i don't actually hear the noise on the tv or music on a stereo. it feels like its coming from another planet, and the sound i am hearing isn't coming from the same room. i have all the real bad symptoms of dp, and i think the bad senses bother me the most.

 

[Phill]

I've experienced a lack of taste. A while back when ocd was not under control I used to have a slight reduction in taste. Only ever happened a couple of times. That's the closest i've ever come to it.