Devastation

[ChronoAngel]

I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this. Does anyone wake up feeling empty and devastated? Like the whole world got blown up and you are the only one left? Only way I know how to describe it. The day plays out with me spacing out a lot.

 

[I_Am_Titanium]

I've had days like that too. You aren't alone. I'm not sure what to write. I want to help. I know that feeling all too well and wouldn't wish it on anyone. For me, I labeled that feeling as depression. I think the spacing out is a way of coping with trauma. When my father killed himself, I completely spaced out and blocked out that entire week. It was many years ago and to this day, I can't remember anything about that week. I think it was my brain's way of coping. I hope you're able to work through it. *hugs*

 

[ChronoAngel]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

 

[I_Am_Titanium]

You are very welcome

 

[Friday]

Like the whole world got blown up and you are the only one left? Only way I know how to describe it. The day plays out with me spacing out a lot.

That reads like derealization, to me.

 

[ChronoAngel]

Is that a part of ptsd? Or is it something else entirely?

 

[SeekingAfrica]

I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this. Does anyone wake up feeling empty and devastat...

A lot. I think I attribute it to being depressed, but I realize not may be it's more of detaching myself from the world, because I can't deal. So...sleeping a lot...being distant and distracted...doing things like I'm sleepwalking through them...yeah...May be it's a coping thing? Although waking up that way is usually when I have those nights with unsettling dreams though, so I'm not sure if I've had that reaction otherwise. May be it's when I feel incapable of handling the day to a point of feeling frozen. I wish I could help more...