https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/bipolar-and-dissociating-from-my-life/m-p/12725#M1617 <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Does anyone else find their mixed episodes start with feelings of dissociation?</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">E.g with me it’s like the things that made me feel comfortable and engaged and comfortably me don’t do it anymore, and I’m no longer connected to what’s happening around me.</SPAN></P> <P> </P> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:24:22 GMT Alannah57 2022-02-21T11:24:22Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/bipolar-and-dissociating-from-my-life/m-p/12725#M1617 <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Does anyone else find their mixed episodes start with feelings of dissociation?</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">E.g with me it’s like the things that made me feel comfortable and engaged and comfortably me don’t do it anymore, and I’m no longer connected to what’s happening around me.</SPAN></P> <P> </P> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:24:22 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/bipolar-and-dissociating-from-my-life/m-p/12725#M1617 Alannah57 2022-02-21T11:24:22Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/bipolar-and-dissociating-from-my-life/m-p/12726#M1618 <P>It’s not necessarily depression either, but it’s like a non sad vacuum that lives underneath the excited and depressed feelings of mixed episodes. </P> <P>Just curious if that was common with anyone else with bipolar. </P> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:29:59 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/bipolar-and-dissociating-from-my-life/m-p/12726#M1618 Alannah57 2022-02-21T11:29:59Z