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Posted by Dinah on October 11, 2002, at 19:43:26
And not very well either. I feel like I've shut completely down, and just left a shell to walk through the day. What I did an hour ago seems a like it never happened or happened years ago, if I even am prodded into remembering it at all. Entire days this week are blank. And I feel so distant from everything. I can have whole conversations that I instantly forget. Time has no meaning. There is just now and what has been and what has not been yet.
Artificial construct. :) Funny. That word just came on the TV and it is perfect for how I feel. And the really ironic part is that I'll look at this post in a short while, and wonder that I wrote it.
I think I might be tired.
Posted by Ginjoint on October 11, 2002, at 19:59:02
In reply to I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie., posted by Dinah on October 11, 2002, at 19:43:26
O.K., Dinah, here...I'll tuck you in, get the blankets snug around you, I'll talk softly and turn the T.V. on low. I'll gently pat your back, and I'll sit with you until you fall into some much-needed sleep. Everybody needs to be pampered sometimes, hm? I hope you get some rest soon.
Ginjoint
Posted by Dinah on October 11, 2002, at 22:56:24
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Dinah, posted by Ginjoint on October 11, 2002, at 19:59:02
Thanks,
I really appreciate it. :) I think part of the problem though is that I'm very mildly dissociated or derealized. I've been sleeping my head off for the last few days yet still i feel like i'm slogging through quicksand. And everything feels so weird and foggy. Ah well, this too shall pass.
Posted by Eddie Sylvano on October 14, 2002, at 13:45:50
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Ginjoint, posted by Dinah on October 11, 2002, at 22:56:24
>I think part of the problem though is that I'm very mildly dissociated or derealized. I've been sleeping my head off for the last few days yet still i feel like i'm slogging through quicksand. And everything feels so weird and foggy. Ah well, this too shall pass.
--------------------I think I've mentioned before that I have similar problems, and it sucks. At its worst, I feel no more attached to myself and my actions than I do to anyone elses. I hear myself as if I were someone else. Everything seems like it's fake, and has no purpose. All my senses are flat, and isolated, like I'm experiencing them second-hand, and I don't feel like I can connect with anything. I can't just hear someone or watch something, I have to make extra effort to interpret the sound, and pay close attention to follow visual information. Immediacy is totally lost.
I've tried several different routes to address the problem, but haven't had any clear success. It just seems to come and go as it pleases. Sometimes it lasts a day, sometimes a week or more. I'm currently on imipramine, and have been feeling pretty good, though it's only been a couple of weeks. I wonder if an anti-seizure drug would help things?
If you're anything like me, though, it'll fade away within a month or so, tops. Still, you have my sympathy. Life loses its relevance when you feel like that.
Posted by Dinah on October 15, 2002, at 6:35:36
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Dinah, posted by Eddie Sylvano on October 14, 2002, at 13:45:50
That sounds about right, Eddie. And it does feel rotten. Fortunately like everything else it comes and goes. I wonder sometimes if it's a migraine related phenomenom, since it frequently occurs at the same time as my migraines. My migraines come frequently for a week or so and then disappear for a few weeks before returning. But there isn't an absolute correlation, so I'm not sure.
Posted by Phil on October 15, 2002, at 17:50:40
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Eddie Sylvano, posted by Dinah on October 15, 2002, at 6:35:36
Dinah, Mine must be real. I read the reviews of me playing myself and they said my acting stunk. The lighting was bad and the script was an absolute nightmare of pain and suffering.
Critics..who needs 'em?
Posted by Dinah on October 15, 2002, at 20:02:27
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Dinah, posted by Phil on October 15, 2002, at 17:50:40
No, never Phil. Your life sounds more like must see TV. No, no. Definitely more HBO.
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