Depersonalization

Ever experienced it?

...And?

Posted by Noaddic

Ever experienced it?

...And?

Absolutely.

I've described it many times in the past. It's extreme detachment. It's a very comforting place.

I noticed it most when I was approached romantically. Often it starts as extreme observation of the person approaching me. I decide to deaden all that's me in order to get pure observation. If I get too comfortable there, I go too far and beyond my purpose and just wind up liking the feeling.

I have had periods of being hyper-aware that also lead to detachment. I am very busy processing all grand and minute details which naturally removed me from self.

I also experience depersonalization during periods of euphoria, extreme happiness. During these times my senses are very strong but, I only notice beauty and feel love and sweetness too big for me to hold.

I am diagnosed as hyperthymic.

Posted by Prince_Pisces

Well sometimes I zone out if I have to listen to someone talk for more than 30 seconds LOL!

Me too, lol.

I tell people how to tell if I have and how to get my attention.

Years ago. I wouldn’t recognize myself in the mirror. I wouldn’t recognize my parents as my parents sometimes. On autopilot, just felt like my body was moving and I was in the background of my mind. Or I wasn’t real. It lasted a few years maybe? It’s hard to recall. I haven’t experienced any of that in a bit now. I’m still super apathetic and I think years of living in the back of my mind have made me less talkative, especially in group settings.

It’s apparently pretty common to experience symptoms of dp every so often, so that made me feel a bit more normal at the time. Back when I was experiencing that I looked up a bit about it. At the time it sounded like dp was a symptom of depression or anxiety in many cases. It wasn’t well researched then so I’m not sure if anything has changed with that.

Why everybody's experiences negative except for mine? Geez

Posted by VenusAquarius

Posted by Noaddic

Ever experienced it?

...And?

Absolutely.

I've described it many times in the past. It's extreme detachment. It's a very comforting place.

I noticed it most when I was approached romantically. Often it starts as extreme observation of the person approaching me. I decide to deaden all that's me in order to get pure observation. If I get too comfortable there, I go too far and beyond my purpose and just wind up liking the feeling.

I have had periods of being hyper-aware that also lead to detachment. I am very busy processing all grand and minute details which naturally removed me from self.

I also experience depersonalization during periods of euphoria, extreme happiness. During these times my senses are very strong but, I only notice beauty and feel love and sweetness too big for me to hold.

I am diagnosed as hyperthymic.

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You're angry all the time? That's what hypethymic means actually lol. "thymic" from "thymos" = greek for "anger".

Whoever came up with the term for the exact opposite: