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Borderline Forums › General & Support › feeling detached from myself

08/09/2011 05:03 AM

feeling detached from myself

jewl

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I feel like i am not even in my body. i think of all the chaos around me all the time. I think i am trying to figure it all out in my mind. I feel like i should be the one to solve this mess(as someone pointed out in my last discussion(topic). like i said i don't feel grounded. it is a wierd, uneasy feeling. i cannot get into all the details of what is happening here or inside of me. But i am majorly triggered and everyone around me is pointing fingers at each other. i know i need to detack but having a hard time doing it. taking off to get out of this apt complex today. hoping that helps.

Julie
(bipolarII (mixed),borderline, ocd, severe anxiety disorder, ptsd.)

meds daily-

lamictal 200mg
seroquel xr 300mg
seroquel regular 100mg
paxil 20mg
Adderall 5mg
lorazapam 0.5 mg as needed

omeprazole
fish oil
vitamin D
vit c

-I am not a docter or professional. what I share is just my opinion or suggestion coming from my experience with the disorder.

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing but rising everytime we fail."~ Nelson Mandela

08/09/2011 05:56 AM Top
ApRiLGeTsAngry77	It sounds like you experiencing depersonalization which is something similar to dissociation. It is the minds defense mechanism against extreme stress. If you want to feel grounded, try describing the objects around you. That may help. It always does for me. I am glad you are getting away from the apartment complex. Some breathing room may help as well. (((hugs)))

08/09/2011 03:12 PM Top

islandgirl24

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I know what you mean- I have a lot of dissociation symptoms- sometimes I feel like I am far away watching what is going on with me- esp. in times of great stress- I feel so numb and detatched- and truthfully a little out there on the edge of sanity- I have been very rageful lately, so either my hub and son go fishing or I go to a solitary beach every evening- it helps to be alone with my thoughts-

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness- Aristotle
Not all who wander are lost- Tolkien
Daily medication:
Topamax 300 mg, Risperdal 1 mg, Klonopin 4 mg, Trazodone 150 mg
Bipolar I, mixed state with psychotic effect, and Borderline personality disorder- OCD, PTSD, anxiety disorder, sexual abuse/rape
I am on disability

*In the words of Tom Hanks as Chuck Nolan: I know what I have to do now- I have to keep breathing, because tomorrow is a new day, and who knows what the tide will bring? :)

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