Tag: dpdr

I’m still disassociating a little but not as much as I was before. I think it was brought on the other night because I was quite tired and also feeling a little down which was mostly due to the news of late as well as my week off being almost over. Oddly, I’ve found that when I’m wearing my glasses, instead of my contact lenses, the DR gets stronger. I think that has to do with the lack of peripheral vision I have when wearing them (I’m practically blind without any correction.).

On another note, I go back to work on Tuesday after having a week off so I could spend time with my sister who came to visit with her fiance. My fiance goes back to work tomorrow so I’ll have the whole flat to myself (aside from the furbabies). I’m thinking a Lord of the Rings marathon is in order. I haven’t watched them in ages so I think it’s about time.

snorlax-and-co:

The effects of a dissociative disorder may include:

  • gaps in your memory
  • finding yourself in a strange place without knowing how you got there
  • out-of-body experiences
  • loss of feeling in parts of your body
  • distorted views of your body
  • forgetting important personal information
  • being unable to recognise your image in a mirror
  • a sense of detachment from your emotions
  • the impression of watching a movie of yourself
  • feelings of being unreal
  • internal voices and dialogue
  • feeling detached from the world
  • forgetting appointments
  • feeling that a customary environment is unfamiliar
  • a sense that what is happening is unreal
  • forgetting a talent or learned skill
  • a sense that people you know are strangers
  • a perception of objects changing shape, colour or size
  • feeling you don’t know who you are
  • acting like different people, including child-like behaviour
  • being unsure of the boundaries between yourself and others
  • feeling like a stranger to yourself
  • being confused about your sexuality or gender
  • feeling like there are different people inside you
  • referring to yourself as ‘we’
  • being told by others that you have behaved out of character
  • finding items in your possession that you don’t remember buying or receiving
  • writing in different handwriting
  • having knowledge of a subject you don’t recall studying.

I don’t normally post about my DR but I feel this kinda hits the nail on the head when trying to describe what it can be like.

Source: snorlax-and-co