[Gio01]

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask you what it means for you not to have connection with people and environments

Because I think I have these feelings but I don't understand if they are different from those caused by dp

Thanks to those who will answer!

 

[Weirdo25]

im not sure if i have this but sometimes i don't feel people like if im holding someone hand i dont ever feel them near i feel like i would have to rub my head on them or something.. Id have to force contact to actually feel their heat. Derealization really messes up my surroundings, making hallways elongate as I walk through them, and it never feels like I'm in a set or stable place. It just makes me really dizzy and annoyed that it keeps happening.

 

[Trith]

I wouldn't know how to describe it well. It's like I don't feel the atmosphere of places. I can see the place but it's like it's not really affecting me. I think I would like to travel and see new places, but with DPDR it doesn't make difference where I am. I am mostly in my head, whatever country I am in.
And for connection with people, I don't feel a lot of emotional bond. It's as if I was a bit self conscious all the time. Also if I have some good social interaction with someone when I see them the next day it can be as if I had pressed a reset button in the relationship and the interaction I had the day before isnt taken into account.
But I think all symptoms can be different for everybody. There is t just one DPDR that everybody has and everybody has the same symptoms in the same way even if there are often a lot of similarities. Generally though it's about feeling disconnected and alienated.

 

[Gio01]

I wouldn't know how to describe it well. It's like I don't feel the atmosphere of placed. I can see the place but it's like it's not really affecting me. I think I would like to travel and see new places, but with DPDR it doesn't make difference where I am. I am mostly in my head, whatever country I am in.
And for connection with people, I don't feel a lot of emotional bond. It's as if I was a bit self conscious all the time. Also if I have some good social interaction with someone when I see them the next day it can be as if I had pressed a reset button in the relationship and the interaction I had the day before isnt taken into account.
But I think all symptoms can be different for everybody. There is t just one DPDR that everybody has and everybody has the same symptoms in the same way even if there are often a lot of similarities. Generally though it's about feeling disconnected and alienated.

I am very good at what you mean instead, especially for the places, it is like never being really present even if you are physically there

 

[NoDevils]

Derealization is like you don't get the same feeling from perceiving the environment or the feelings are muted.

 

[🖤ᴇᴜᴘʜᴏʀɪᴀ💜]

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask you what it means for you not to have connection with people and environments

Because I think I have these feelings but I don't understand if they are different from those caused by dp

Thanks to those who will answer!

What it means for me is that you basically feel detached or numb, you can't feel emotionally or physically connected to yourself or others. Touching yourself or others feels like you're not actually touching them like there's something stopping you from fully feeling and grasping the fact that you're real and they're real. It also feels like you don't actually have control of your body but someone else does and you're merely a spectator.

 

[🖤ᴇᴜᴘʜᴏʀɪᴀ💜]

Derealization is like you don't get the same feeling from perceiving the environment or the feelings are muted.

Derealisation = Disconnection from surroundings and the external world

Depersonalisation = Disconnection from self, emotions, thoughts, memories etc

 

[Weirdo25]

Derealisation = Disconnection from surroundings and the external world

Depersonalisation = Disconnection from self, emotions, thoughts, memories etc

No kiddining

 

[Obliviousthorne]

The way I explain my experience to other people is like a power grid. All of the people around me, all of my surroundings are connected up to this big power grid; that's life. But during dp/dr episodes, a tree has fallen down and cut off my electricity line. I'm not connected to that power grid right now, but I can see my neighbours lights are on. I hope that makes sense, in a way.

 

[Nancyl]

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask you what it means for you not to have connection with people and environments

Because I think I have these feelings but I don't understand if they are different from those caused by dp

Thanks to those who will answer!

It means having an acute appendicitis and only having a barley noticeable pain in the belly and a feeling of dread . That’s how numbing it can be . It means having grandchildren and not being able to connect . It means attending weddings and funerals - intellectually knowing it’s an important event - but not connecting to the event . It means seeking and doing crazy things to feel alive .

 

[Gio01]

It means having an acute appendicitis and only having a barley noticeable pain in the belly and a feeling of dread . That’s how numbing it can be . It means having grandchildren and not being able to connect . It means attending weddings and funerals - intellectually knowing it’s an important event - but not connecting to the event . It means seeking and doing crazy things to feel alive .

Do you also feel like you are trapped in your mind and perceive your home and room unfamiliar?

 

[Nancyl]

Do you also feel like you are trapped in your mind and perceive your home and room unfamiliar?

Absolutely- I know it’s mine on an intellectual level - but the feeling is not connecting. Do you notice people can have not pleasant “ look “ about them ? I had solid issues for over a decade , but as of late - I’m starting to have some progress - I think , I hope , I pray . I have real clarity and connection and when that happens it’s so awesome . That began after I tried testosterone. But it’s still early in the game . I’ve only been on it for 6 weeks - it takes about a year to find optimum level . I’ve done every medication , did ECt . Experimented with ketamine . Tried all kinds of “ devices “ - nothing , but I got to say - the testosterone gives me window time of “ connection “ , that appears to be getting a bit bigger daily . But if I get overly stressed I retreat . I try hard to just accept and pray .

 

[Gio01]

Absolutely- I know it’s mine on an intellectual level - but the feeling is not connecting. Do you notice people can have not pleasant “ look “ about them ? I had solid issues for over a decade , but as of late - I’m starting to have some progress - I think , I hope , I pray . I have real clarity and connection and when that happens it’s so awesome . That began after I tried testosterone. But it’s still early in the game . I’ve only been on it for 6 weeks - it takes about a year to find optimum level . I’ve done every medication , did ECt . Experimented with ketamine . Tried all kinds of “ devices “ - nothing , but I got to say - the testosterone gives me window time of “ connection “ , that appears to be getting a bit bigger daily . But if I get overly stressed I retreat . I try hard to just accept and pray .

What are your symptoms exactly?

 

[Nancyl]

The feeling of not being connected - not part of this world . Depression, brain fog , the feeling of can’t see the forest for the trees , low blood pressure , blood sugar crashes , emptiness, low self worth , anxiety 24:7 , easily physically fatigued, insomnia, thrill seeking . All symptoms will come and go . By far it’s the disconnect that is the most problematic. And my vision -I can see , but I can’t see , so darn dumb . Makes no sense at all . The aimless feeling .

 

[Gio01]

The feeling of not being connected - not part of this world . Depression, brain fog , the feeling of can’t see the forest for the trees , low blood pressure , blood sugar crashes , emptiness, low self worth , anxiety 24:7 , easily physically fatigued, insomnia, thrill seeking . All symptoms will come and go . By far it’s the disconnect that is the most problematic. And my vision -I can see , but I can’t see , so darn dumb . Makes no sense at all . The aimless feeling .

Do you have the feeling that things done a short time ago are as if you had dreamed of them?

 

[Nancyl]

Yes- when I’m not feeling connected it all feels dream like .