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MarahIdellCatLuvr
MarahIdellCatLuvr

I lose time. I get lost. Totally lost and confused and no idea what's going on or where I am. I also experience derealization. Both of these things are unsettling to me. I'm getting used to just grounding myself and living in grace, recognizing I'm overwhelmed and sometimes even why, when I find myself lost or just plain confused.


I've lost food, keys, jewelry, and possibly even my lost phone is due to dissociating. 


I'm not good at however, recognizing the derealization. I am getting there though. Sometimes I just know one or both of those things is likely to happen so I carry around something with texture to touch. Today I had something for each hand. Just wondering how you guys tend to cope with these symptoms, and if they've gotten better overtime or really stayed the same and you've learned to adjust....

LavenderC
LavenderC
Hi MarahldellCatLuvr, I looked up "derealization." In this one article, it says

"Episodes of depersonalization-derealization disorder may last hours, days, weeks or even months at a time. In some people, these episodes turn into ongoing feelings of depersonalization or derealization that may periodically get better or worse."

I hope you recover from this problem soon.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352911

[Depersonalization-derealization disorder occurs when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you're observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you aren't real, or both. Feelings of depersonalization and derealization can be very disturbing and may feel like you're living in a dream.}
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I'm having PTSD symptoms these days, and literature and music help me. I've taught Spanish for 40 years now, and in my doctoral studies we read Don Quixote, the great hero of Spanish culture who was all about struggling with this stuff. Another Spanish playwright from that time period wrote a classic going by the title La vida es sueno (Life Is A Dream) so it helped me realize we're not alone and that this struggle of ours goes back centuries.

From Wikipedia:
"Life Is a Dream
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Life Is a Dream

Written by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Date premiered 1635
Original language Spanish
Subject Free will, fate, honor, power
Genre Spanish Golden Age drama
Setting Poland
Life Is a Dream (Spanish: La vida es sueño [la ˈβiða es ˈsweɲo]) is a Spanish-language play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. First published in 1636, in two different editions, the first in Madrid and a second one in Zaragoza. Don W. Cruickshank and a number of other critics believe that the play can be dated around 1630, thus making Calderón's most famous work a rather early composition [1]. It is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life.[2] The play has been described as "the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama".

We are in a classic struggle, Marah. We are not alone.
SimpsonsOK
SimpsonsOK
Marah, disconcerting as this is, you will find more grounding techniques. Hugs.
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