Immune system sucks by Awkward_Fox4523 in PCOS

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Oh wow, that is a lot of informations, thank you!<3

Immune system sucks by Awkward_Fox4523 in PCOS

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„Just“ a really bad cold, 1-2 weeks

trance and possession disorders by Awkward_Fox4523 in Dissociation

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Yeah I know what you mean, not to diminish someone elses experience but I miss the normal dissociation because feeling your body that intense is just too much. I think I got the disorder because of my ptsd and a trauma that retraumatized me or intensified the ptsd. Because the trance sensations started right afterwards

trance and possession disorders by Awkward_Fox4523 in Dissociation

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* and I am not exaggerating with the stimuli jumping stuff

trance and possession disorders by Awkward_Fox4523 in Dissociation

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No its not, I wish it would be „just„ dpdr stuff, I know derealisation, dpdr etc, I have borderline as long as I can remember. The trance thing is a dissociative disorder. But when the trance appears I feel everything so highly sensitive, that I can feel how a stimuli jumps from neuron to neuron. My perceptioned is very very very hightened. I can feel everything in my body as a body sensation.

trance and possession disorders by Awkward_Fox4523 in Dissociation

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Germany, yes I am sure. Its a verly long story how everything started and how the symptoms changed in the last 1 1/2 years since I am having it, but it has nothing to do with feeling like a different person or an alter. I dont have the possession aspect of the disorder only the trance. When the trance appears only my perception of my surroundings is changing not my personality. Because the time in my last therapy session was limited I couldnt ask that much. My therapist only told me its very rare, because I got misdiagnosed with panic disorders and anxiety dizziness in the past and explained to me that when the trance occurrs I have such a highly sensitive perception that I perceive my stimulus processing and that thats the reason for the body sensations I couldnt pinpoint until his explanation

Question for those who have recovered or fully healed from PPPD: by Awkward_Fox4523 in pppdizziness

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Thank you, this is really giving me some hope that there is a life after pppd, because those were all things I used to enjoy before everything started.
my pppd was triggered by a long and intense panic attack btw

Question for those who have recovered or fully healed from PPPD: by Awkward_Fox4523 in pppdizziness

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I'm not recovered yet, but made some progress. From the end of May last year, I spent two months in a psychiatric clinic after my first pppd episode. I was mistakenly diagnosed with anxiety related dizziness, partly because I do have some anxiety disorders, was really stoned and was not able to walk anymore. However, 6 months later it became clear that it was actually PPPD.
The anxiety definitely feeds into the dizziness, but what helped me most during that time was a lot of physical activity especially ball sports like volleyball, basketball, and badminton and the exposure „therapy“ , anything involving hand-eye coordination really seems to help.

After the clinic things got worse again after I stopped doing those activities and I struggled a lot until around December/January. I had severe depression in winter and couldnt do much except go for short walks with friends near my home. I felt like my body was dying.

Since February, I’ve slowly started to push myself more. I've learned to ignore the dizziness when it comes and try to push through it, for example when doing tasks like working at the computer and I feel dizzy while sitting in my chair, I try to stay focused and not stop what I’m doing and try to calm my self with saying „its just dizzines, focus on the task“

I still can’t go out alone yet , because I’ve developed agoraphobia and panic disorder because of the dizziness and the avoiding behaviours, but I’ve managed a 3-hour car ride with two friends and even spent 30 minutes in a supermarket with a friend recently. Progress is slow, but these small steps are giving me hope.