Depersonalization and Derealization?

Question

i think i may be suffering with the above on and off for years and years, for long time nothing seems real, feel like i dont know myself and life seems like/has seemed like it not really happening, i feel detached from the real world and nothing seems real and i not interested in doing nothing, never have been.

has anyone experienced this? share ya experience

Answer 1

For a while I had a lot of trouble feeling like my body was my body. I'd look at my arm and would logically know that is was obviously my arm, but it didn't seem true. I could move it and bend it on a whim, but fundamentally, I couldn't believe it was mine. Also, there were times I felt like I wasn't in my body at all. That's fun too (sarcasm). I'm medicated for bipolar disorder and haven't spaced out like that since.

Answer 2

Yes but not for more than a few days. I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. When I became extremely stressed I snapped into this problem. It's a way to deal with stress I found. To be honest I wish I was permanent like that. I wouldn't find it a disorder at all but a god send even though this world is very fake and everyone calls you cynical if you tell it for how it is. Most people's reality is fed by lies anyway.

Answer 3

i have this too. but i had an accident that caused mine.
sorry, i've been up all night and i'm really not up for a full story right now.
but did anything (like an accident) start yours?

EDIT: now that i read your description again, it sounds like yours may be more depression leading to mild versions of the other two. what i have is more like what answerer #1 described. and i constantly feel like i'm in a dream. my mind doesn't focus like it used to, and i never feel like i have full control of my conscious thoughts or my consciousness. other stuff too... but too tired for more right now.

Answer 4

Truthfully, after reading some others' answers, I think myine sounded silly. Good Luck, dear!