depersonalisation

[emem0]

hey, thank you for the replies on my last discussion. I think they will be really helpful.
I just wanted to come on here and ask if anyone else has experienced this symptom. does anyone else suddenly forget where they are, who they are, what they are doing just randomly? sometimes I forget I even exist, or that I am human or real. and im just kind of floating around. but suddenly you realise you have forgotten everything about life and panic sets in. almost like a numbing pain in your body. this I think is one of the scariest symptoms I’ve had. forgetting reality and feeling like im just a soul floating around in space without a thought in my head. it kinda feels like zoning out but much more intense, and you’re brain is empty, you forget the space around you and you can’t really snap back into reality?

[mmMekitty]

Hello again, emem0

I can't say that I've ever felt quite like how you describe feeling.

This sounds like an awful, confusing, & frightening way to suddenly feel.

Are you able to reach out in any way, like, to touch something, or to speak to someone, when this is happening?

Can you do this even if things & people don't seem real, or you don't feel real yourself?

If you can, making contact could help to reconnect you with the world.

Or perhaps, maybe people you know have noticed when you seem disconnected, maybe seeming to have 'zoned out', & can recognise when you are feeling so disconnected, & can help, maybe by talking to you, saying your name, reminding you who you are to them, touching your hand ..? 

do you think either of these ideas could help?

Sorry for another question. Have you told your psychologist about these experiences?

If you are not sure if you can tell them, show them what you've written here on BB. I'm sure that would be helpful, because you describe what you experience so clearly.

Hugzies

mmMekitty