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herding123 Posts: 149
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I have numbing when I have DP/DR... I thought that others with it have it too. This is info below and thought you'd be interested in looking at it! The body will do what the brain says to do. In the same way, your brain will try to take in messages and send them back but make mistakes when it comes to feeling where your body is in space and feeling certain emotions like sadness, joy, peace, scared, excited, embarrassed, or shocked. Sometimes the brain will get the message so confused that your brain will tell your emotions to turn off for a little while. You may look at someone you know you love, but not feel much. It is like someone put some numbing cream over that part of your brain. It does not mean that you do not love that person, but your brain makes your emotions be ‘really quiet’ for a while. Some people say they just feel blank. The interesting part is that most people will at least feel a type of sadness because they know that the ‘correct’ emotion is being numbed temporarily. It is not that you do not feel anything at all, but instead, the ‘correct’ emotion may not be operating fully meaning it will stay quiet and hide inside all the other emotions. It is like the emotion that should be there tries to hide in between all the other emotions you can have. Many people with depersonalization, when they have that numbed emotion, it is because the correct one is hiding. Do you all agree or disagree with this? Hugs, Kris (and my service dog) |
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herding123 Posts: 149
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Just checking to see if this is working... can't wait to hear the replies! |
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PhilPhil46 Posts: 9186
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Wow, I never looked at it that way. When I get that disconnected feeling, spacey I don't enjoy things or people I usually do. I isolate myself, which I am learning to push through. Makes sense about the numbing. My extremities go numb during panic too and my brain is temporarily foggy. Post edited by: PhilPhil46, at: 07/26/2011 03:29 PM I am not a Doctor, Nurse or Medical Professional. Im not even Dr. Seuss, Dr. Dolittle or Dr. Dre. :) I only share advice from my own personal experiences with Panic Attack Disorder. It is soley for information purposes only, please continue to take your Doctors advice. I share what I have learned, read, experienced and know what has helped me, I share this information in hopes it will be of help or comfort to someone else. Good luck, Relax, and lets continue to support one another, and conquer panic the best way we can! :)
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
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herding123 Posts: 149
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Hi Phil, I'm glad you were able to look at it in another way that hopefully was helpful. I definitely feel spacey and foggy, and yes, especially in a panic attack. Do you ever wonder if its the DP/DR that makes the panic attack happen, or the panic attack that causes the DP/DR? I would be very interested in your thoughts on that. Hugs, Kris |
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PhilPhil46 Posts: 9186
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Hey Kris, I believe it can be a combo of the two. I am not a Doctor, Nurse or Medical Professional. Im not even Dr. Seuss, Dr. Dolittle or Dr. Dre. :) I only share advice from my own personal experiences with Panic Attack Disorder. It is soley for information purposes only, please continue to take your Doctors advice. I share what I have learned, read, experienced and know what has helped me, I share this information in hopes it will be of help or comfort to someone else. Good luck, Relax, and lets continue to support one another, and conquer panic the best way we can! :)
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. ~Sophia Loren |
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herding123 Posts: 149
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Ok, thank you! I agree... |
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nikorii Posts: 5
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and that is EXACTLY what I was feeling.. this is from my previous posts from all sorts of DP forums.. "It's like I KNOW I want these things and this person, I KNOW I love this person because I DONT LOVE ANYONE else and I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH ANYONE ELSE but him but why can't I FEEL ANYTHING?! It's like I'm split in half or something! It's like my wants are completely detached from my feelings towards it.. Is this the DP? How do I go about this? I don't want to live my life feeling like I don't want something just because I can't feel it.. even if I really do want that!! For sure!! I'm so stressed out about this.. what do I follow? My wants or my feelings? It's like they're not in sync.. I feel so broken.. I WANT TO DO THINGS, I want to be with people,I love people, I'm supposed to enjoy things.. BUT EVEN IF I GET WHAT I WANT I STILL CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING.. Which makes me think that I DON'T WANT IT or I DON'T LOVE THEM.. because I don't feel anything about it or about them.. it's so crazy I don't know what to do anymore...Any advice on this? It's like out of the blue this happened to me after a health scare. (I freaked out about having hemmorrhoids, I thought it was a cancer or something.. my feelings disappeared right after I calmed down from the freaking out because of the bump. But that's not the only time I worried immensely about my health. I've had quite a few scares even ever since I was a kid.. I'm always so paranoid about my health.. I don't like it when I feel like something's wrong with me) I remember tweeting last Jan 22 "This is the best day ever! Thanks babe! I love you so much!" And then the feeling just "MAGICALLY" disappeared EXACTLY a week after Jan 29 is when I noticed I don't feel anything or I don't feel the same anymore... Help! How do I become myself again? Does anyone else feel this way?! Is this still a part of depersonalization? Is this simply falling out of love ? But I know myself well enough to know that I won't stay with a person and deal with this if I don't love him! I'm the kind of person who is VERY intact with my feelings which is why I'm going crazy and scared now that I can't feel the things that I used to. What's happening to me? I want to fix this already! I want things to go back to the way it was before... I want to feel LOVE for him and that's all I want in the world right now. You can take everything away from me just not my feelings for him because I know I love him... why does this have to happen? I'm so scared. I don't want to lose him. I don't want to feel like I'm falling out of love with him because he's the best thing that has ever happened to me and I will never find anyone like him I can't let him slip through my fingers right in front of me... Please help me. I'm desperate.. I even cry and laugh and respond like I have feelings but I honestly can't feel them! If I'm sad, I don't know why but I just know I'm sad but I can't feel it. It's like I know my feelings in my head and I know how to respond but in my chest..it's empty. I wish someone can help me... It's been 8 months.. Is being this way even NORMAL for DP sufferers? " -- So that's my exact post.. I can totally relate to your post. Have you ever felt this way too? What did you do about it and how do I get those feelings back? |
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AliKatt Posts: 505
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Love the way you just described this! I get scared when I feel mentally numb but the way you've described it really does make sense! Thank you thank you thank you! ~*~God, grant us the...
Serenity to accept things we cannot change,
Courage to change the things we can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference
Patience for the things that take time
Appreciation for all that we have, and
Tolerance for those with different struggles
Freedom to live beyond the limitations of
our past ways, the
Ability to feel your love for us and our love for each other and the
Strength to get up and try again even when we feel it is hopeless~*~
Zoloft 25 mg For 3 years
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AJ1971 Posts: 1015
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Wow that's how I feel most of the time for me it's like i'm watching myself but not really me or I no I love my wife and kids but I feel nothing I'm emotionaly Dead I don't cry, laugh nothing all I do feel is anger but don't no why. Psalm 91
My Refuge and My Fortress
91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge—
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
With long lifrwill I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
~Jesus is Lord~
I'M NOT A DOCTOR SO ANYTHING I SAY IS MY OPINION ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR :) |
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Leftdoor Posts: 5
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Thats the way i feel sometimes. |
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