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Hi there,
I'm fairly new to this forum, and I have to ask:
Anyone ever deal with derealization, whether it's an aura or just comes and goes? I don't really know how to describe this specific sx -- but I'll try.
It's as if there's different levels of it. The first level is a thin fog over the brain, where you have some emotions, but it's a feeling of detachment. Second level of it is like a thicker fog, everything looks surreal and again, a feeling of detachment -- like you can't feel or it's like nothing is real. Intellectually, you know it's real -- but it's as if your brain don't want to acknowledge it is. Lastly, the third level of it is kind of terrifying. It's as if you're in a thick fog, and you can't connect to anything. You have thoughts like the sky looks domed shape and perception of time is temporarily lost.
. . . that's the only way I can describe mine. Yes, I have read about derealization and disassociation, but am I the only one that experiences this sometimes? It can last a day or weeks. The thicker form of it never really lasts that long, but the thinner fog stays for a while sometimes.
It's manageable as long as you can feel some emotion -- but when you feel nothing but hollowness and emptiness, it becomes a little unnerving.
I've dealt with it off and on in my life -- it never sticks around for years; it just comes and goes at random.
I know it's the brain defending itself, and is a defense mechanism.
Anyone else ever get derealization?
I'm fairly new to this forum, and I have to ask:
Anyone ever deal with derealization, whether it's an aura or just comes and goes? I don't really know how to describe this specific sx -- but I'll try.
It's as if there's different levels of it. The first level is a thin fog over the brain, where you have some emotions, but it's a feeling of detachment. Second level of it is like a thicker fog, everything looks surreal and again, a feeling of detachment -- like you can't feel or it's like nothing is real. Intellectually, you know it's real -- but it's as if your brain don't want to acknowledge it is. Lastly, the third level of it is kind of terrifying. It's as if you're in a thick fog, and you can't connect to anything. You have thoughts like the sky looks domed shape and perception of time is temporarily lost.
. . . that's the only way I can describe mine. Yes, I have read about derealization and disassociation, but am I the only one that experiences this sometimes? It can last a day or weeks. The thicker form of it never really lasts that long, but the thinner fog stays for a while sometimes.
It's manageable as long as you can feel some emotion -- but when you feel nothing but hollowness and emptiness, it becomes a little unnerving.
I've dealt with it off and on in my life -- it never sticks around for years; it just comes and goes at random.
I know it's the brain defending itself, and is a defense mechanism.
Anyone else ever get derealization?