Feelings? what feelings, i used to be able to remember how it was to feel but even those seam blocked from me now. Sometimes it is like i am stuck in my body not in control or watching what i am doing from above/behind myself certain parts of my body "phase out" sometimes. Don't know who i am anymore have always blocked yelling since childhood. I have what i call impulsive intrusive thoughts those ones are suicidal mostly. But am diagnosed with ptsd and the VA docs tell me it is Complex ptsd.
Wow, I have a LOT of these symptoms including looking in the mirror one. I was first diagnosed with depression, then anxiety, then epilepsy, then non-epileptic seizures, then non ep / somatoform disorder, and now we are back to anxiety. I'm still very unsure of the 'true cause' but i think it may be related to PTSD? Agggghh.......
Yes I tick lots of those boxes....but 5 minutes every six months with a NHS psychiatrist that doesn't listen is pretty pointless....oh to have some spare cash to go private
Yes,some of the above......except blacking out. I function in the" real world" but "my fantasy world" is my own reality.It is an alternate place were i can be myself.I like it here,because it IS MINE.I witnessed violence, some inappropriate stuff & chaos as a child. I am very protective & defensive of myself.If i feel someone is not trustworthy or a threat to me i will drop them instinctively.I have seen lots"o" therapists over 20 yrs.It is DEEPLY ingrained.I have accepted it.It is survival.
I dunno about blank spells but sometimes I do and say things that are out of character. Like usually I don't really talk rudely or loudly but another time a whole other 'me' will come out, loud, obnoxious, arrogant. It's weird, and so different from my usual shy, quiet self.
Yes i do believe there will be more associative disorders. Having said that we would imagine an unknown variable to be the cause. For example breeding of two mentally ill parents. Disorders like this are synonymous with an enlarged amygdala our emotional sensitivity is better or in this case worse. Emotional problems non the less. Great Vid. doc. foxleyleon...
PS. What do you think of Psychoanalytical psychology as a means of mental rehabilitation??
You are a guru. The questions start sounding like the test you take before you see the psychiatrist for the first time. Put this video in the excellent pile!
When im asleep and dreaming it sometimes gets confusing trying to figure out that im dreaming. Why do I have to know if im dreaming when im sleeping and dreaming?
I don't have this. I used to fall asleep while writing and continue to keep writing off the page. Usually wierd stuff and the writing was very small. When very psychotic I often feel I have wandered into a pocket universe and hear voices telling me to drive out of them. One thing that I get occassionally is a dream than turns into a real memory.
My therapist also suggests that sexual abuse is likely the main cause behind these dissociations. My thoughts are that dissociation is also related directly to schizo and schizoaffective. I've also recalled what would be considered as dissociative delusions or what some call false memories? What would someone much later in life recall only the delusions as the missing time event.
But there's also suggestions of sexual abuse related to past abuse or imprinting.
How common are the milder symptoms? I experience those regularly, but believe that many of my 'Schizotypal Personality Disorder' symptoms are in actuality, evidence of a form of anomalous sensitivity.
Interesting that dissociative disorders are not a form of psychosis, if I understand you right. My former analyst said that going OTT after alcohol (which I don't do now; I think she drove me to it!) could be called a form of temporary psychosis.
Thankfully I haven't felt depersonalised or derealised for many years despite some occasional strong weed. But not everyone is lucky that way. And despite the latest article in the Lancet saying acid is less harmful than alcohol, not so sure...
@jonno52 I would say it is a minor and bent and prolonged psychosis. id say ease of the weed its easier on ur brain. Im sure its very treatable, there are no medications so why not try herbal?
Interestingly familiar... but then again, don't most people experience some or most of these symptoms at some points in their lives?
Is it essential to see a doctor only when these states become pervasive in ones life?
I don't mean to sound prude. Asking questions helps me learn. :)
From personal experience I do say that not being able to remember my life is definitely not a pleasant thing. Somebody hand over the 'magic' pills! haha
How about on your lunch, trancing out watching the sun light go across the floor and think that only a half hour must have passed to be alarmed that you sat for six hours in your office and its now two hours past quitting time?
A psychologist made fill out a long screening questionnaire on these kind of symptoms this year. My answers were No to all except one which was to do with feeling like other people were unreal sometimes which I have been told is a symptom of anxiety. It's interesting how different people's experiences can be.
Yes, for some.
aleon1018 1 month ago
what is good medication for this?
samkshoemaker 6 months ago
You have such a relaxing voice!
websurfin2010 10 months ago
Feelings? what feelings, i used to be able to remember how it was to feel but even those seam blocked from me now. Sometimes it is like i am stuck in my body not in control or watching what i am doing from above/behind myself certain parts of my body "phase out" sometimes. Don't know who i am anymore have always blocked yelling since childhood. I have what i call impulsive intrusive thoughts those ones are suicidal mostly. But am diagnosed with ptsd and the VA docs tell me it is Complex ptsd.
karack23 11 months ago
Wow, I have a LOT of these symptoms including looking in the mirror one. I was first diagnosed with depression, then anxiety, then epilepsy, then non-epileptic seizures, then non ep / somatoform disorder, and now we are back to anxiety. I'm still very unsure of the 'true cause' but i think it may be related to PTSD? Agggghh.......
kattterina 1 year ago
Yes I tick lots of those boxes....but 5 minutes every six months with a NHS psychiatrist that doesn't listen is pretty pointless....oh to have some spare cash to go private
bigway40 1 year ago
@bigway40 NHS mental health service is useless. ¬_¬ I'm lucky if I see my psychiatrist once every six months.
ChicknPoo 1 year ago
stop talking about me in open forum! this is a a matter of confidentiality. just joking.
paddedshell 1 year ago
Fight club.
yes but not to all. xoxo
jchipol 1 year ago
Thanks for this Doctor!
soymiguelalejandro23 1 year ago
Yes,some of the above......except blacking out. I function in the" real world" but "my fantasy world" is my own reality.It is an alternate place were i can be myself.I like it here,because it IS MINE.I witnessed violence, some inappropriate stuff & chaos as a child. I am very protective & defensive of myself.If i feel someone is not trustworthy or a threat to me i will drop them instinctively.I have seen lots"o" therapists over 20 yrs.It is DEEPLY ingrained.I have accepted it.It is survival.
littlequeen64 1 year ago
I dunno about blank spells but sometimes I do and say things that are out of character. Like usually I don't really talk rudely or loudly but another time a whole other 'me' will come out, loud, obnoxious, arrogant. It's weird, and so different from my usual shy, quiet self.
iamarock09 1 year ago
Yes i do believe there will be more associative disorders. Having said that we would imagine an unknown variable to be the cause. For example breeding of two mentally ill parents. Disorders like this are synonymous with an enlarged amygdala our emotional sensitivity is better or in this case worse. Emotional problems non the less. Great Vid. doc. foxleyleon...
PS. What do you think of Psychoanalytical psychology as a means of mental rehabilitation??
foxleyleon 1 year ago
You are a guru. The questions start sounding like the test you take before you see the psychiatrist for the first time. Put this video in the excellent pile!
patrat2000 1 year ago
some of the more severe symptoms represent anxiety
SuperDdb123 1 year ago
When im asleep and dreaming it sometimes gets confusing trying to figure out that im dreaming. Why do I have to know if im dreaming when im sleeping and dreaming?
opal1920able 1 year ago
I just woke up from some nightmares, where my brother was adressed as hanibal lecter and my neighbors were in my bedroom with baseball bats.
opal1920able 1 year ago
like u said, gee we all have some of these
girococo 1 year ago
I don't have this. I used to fall asleep while writing and continue to keep writing off the page. Usually wierd stuff and the writing was very small. When very psychotic I often feel I have wandered into a pocket universe and hear voices telling me to drive out of them. One thing that I get occassionally is a dream than turns into a real memory.
MNBrant 1 year ago
My therapist also suggests that sexual abuse is likely the main cause behind these dissociations. My thoughts are that dissociation is also related directly to schizo and schizoaffective. I've also recalled what would be considered as dissociative delusions or what some call false memories? What would someone much later in life recall only the delusions as the missing time event.
But there's also suggestions of sexual abuse related to past abuse or imprinting.
Haleon1018 1 year ago
Do antipsychotics like risperidone work for this?
Kristofph 1 year ago
Hiya Dr. Moonchild~*
How common are the milder symptoms? I experience those regularly, but believe that many of my 'Schizotypal Personality Disorder' symptoms are in actuality, evidence of a form of anomalous sensitivity.
ChrysalisBound 1 year ago
Nice, great Bling! You are right this is more common and it takes great skill to discern.. I see alot in my Veteran population due to the trauma
TheRNpsych 1 year ago
Interesting that dissociative disorders are not a form of psychosis, if I understand you right. My former analyst said that going OTT after alcohol (which I don't do now; I think she drove me to it!) could be called a form of temporary psychosis.
Thankfully I haven't felt depersonalised or derealised for many years despite some occasional strong weed. But not everyone is lucky that way. And despite the latest article in the Lancet saying acid is less harmful than alcohol, not so sure...
jonno52 1 year ago
@jonno52 I would say it is a minor and bent and prolonged psychosis. id say ease of the weed its easier on ur brain. Im sure its very treatable, there are no medications so why not try herbal?
foxleyleon 1 year ago
@oEMMA1974 Oh, Emma, I can see i hav competition! U do live a bit farther away than i do but i know love has no bounds.
weasalw 1 year ago
Omg. I have almost all the symptoms but I was diagnosed with depression.
ilovemepets 1 year ago
Good one - again Doc you rock
jnmklo9 1 year ago
Interestingly familiar... but then again, don't most people experience some or most of these symptoms at some points in their lives?
Is it essential to see a doctor only when these states become pervasive in ones life?
I don't mean to sound prude. Asking questions helps me learn. :)
From personal experience I do say that not being able to remember my life is definitely not a pleasant thing. Somebody hand over the 'magic' pills! haha
adrienne317 1 year ago
How about on your lunch, trancing out watching the sun light go across the floor and think that only a half hour must have passed to be alarmed that you sat for six hours in your office and its now two hours past quitting time?
Elenkhos 1 year ago
Is having Dejavu a lot dissociation?
BabyNeuron 1 year ago
i definitely have this
Cammie010 1 year ago
A psychologist made fill out a long screening questionnaire on these kind of symptoms this year. My answers were No to all except one which was to do with feeling like other people were unreal sometimes which I have been told is a symptom of anxiety. It's interesting how different people's experiences can be.
nephthysuk 1 year ago