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Has anyone else had this happen?
Tonight when I was cooking supper, my thoughts 'disconnected' from me. I was thinking but it was if it was third person instead of 'me'. Instead of: I need to add more salt. The thought was: She needs to add more salt. It happened a few times. It was like my thoughts were someone else.
Tonight when I was cooking supper, my thoughts 'disconnected' from me. I was thinking but it was if it was third person instead of 'me'. Instead of: I need to add more salt. The thought was: She needs to add more salt. It happened a few times. It was like my thoughts were someone else.
But even my non-beeper sister says this happens to her sometimes so guess it's not just a beeper thing.
Depersonalization can be caused by stress or severe trauma in our lives and causes us to feel detached from our mental processes or body. Like going through the motions but not experiencing it, feeling as though we are in a movie or dream.
Occasional moments of mild depersonalization are normal; strong, severe, persistent, or recurrent feelings are not. It can also be caused by some psychotropic meds. I would definately talk to your pdoc about it asap. I know it is very scarey but you can manage it.
Hang in there sweetie, the best thing you can do in explore the causes and find ways to manage it or overcome it. Do you have a therapist you are working with?
xo