I Suffer From DPDR Disorder 24/7 And I Want People To Know How It Feels (New Pics)

I wonder if we all dont have bouts of this, but since it doesnt affect our lives negatively or not all that much it's not classified as a disorder. (Most mental disorders have to have a crippling negative effect that hinders normal functions for it to be classified as such.) For all I know from my own experience , I can sometimes look in a mirror and get the idea that Im looking at both the image in the mirror and outside of the real person standing there wondering at it as the feeling of existance. Or when someone calls my name, I can think that the sound quantifies someone and dont connect it with myself. It doesnt happen all that often, but I think it's part of the human experience. But what do i know? I love these images and get how it must be to live with this disorder. Keep working throught it!

I think a lot of people have this and get diagnosed with generalized anxiety instead because they don't know how to describe any of this to their doctor.

Your string metaphor is pretty much like a Korean idiom that might literally translate as "the rope/string of sanity" (정신줄). And the way this idiom is used within conversation could be very well summed up by the last frame of your comic. I find this interesting. (Additional info: there is a cartoon series based off the web comic which was inspired by this way of saying, the title is 놓지마 정신줄 )

This sounds like such a battle! I hope you can get thru it. I remember one day (this is the only time it's ever happened, it was super random) I spent the entire day feeling like I was stuck in a dream where time just stopped. Then I started to feel like I was watching myself do everything. It was the weirdest and most uncomfortable thing, and I can't imagine going they something similar every day. Thanks for sharing ur experience.

Very familiar. I suffer from a whole lot of everything, which mostly manifests itself as agoraphobia, OCD, and anxiety type symptoms. Depersonalization only happens when I'm not doing too well, almost as if my mind is trying to escape itself. I am suddenly very aware that I'm (for example) in a supermarket, in my city, in my country, on the planet, going through space, which makes me feel very small and insignificant. It can happen at any time, when my brain has just decided it's had enough for the day. Fortunately, my medication helps a lot! Thank you for sharing, you're not alone!