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Dissociation? numb? what the hell is this?

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After my big T I spent the next 30 days in this very strange state of hyper efficiency. It was like my batteries were fully charged despite zero amounts of sleep for days on end. Hyper- concentration, and it always felt like my body was one step ahead of my thought process. A plate would fall, and I would catch it before I knew what I was doing. My emotions however were gone. I would look at a beautiful sun set with all of my favorite colors and felt nothing. nada zilch. I guess it was a good thing. My mind knew it couldn't cope with all of the death. The doctors said it was either my adrenaline or adrenaline that was through the roof. I don't remember which. I just know nothing felt real for a long time afterwards. Of course I crashed and burned hard after that.

Anyways, a lot has happened lately. Nothing traumatic, but a large variety of stressors. Some of the, are things that would be normally very painful. Some of it involving medical issues, some involving my abuser them telling me they have a clear conscious. :rolleyes: Some of it I brought on my self either through things I was avoiding coming to a head or things I decided to face that I had been avoiding on my own. Other stuff has to do with major changes for my husband which I am along the ride for like it or not. And of course my best friend abandoning me for her newest love interest..I get it, she is in the trows of falling in love high and wants every second she can get with him, but I still feel abandoned.

Anyways, I am in that super hyper efficiency place again. Yeah I have been though a lot recently, but nothing like my trauma, can't even compare my current situation to what happened 15 years ago and last I checked, people aren't dropping dead around me.

So why do I feel this way, and what is it? It seems the rest of the world is playing in constant slow mo.
 
I would say depression!!! I hope things either calm down/ get better for you!!!!
 
That is the thing, it is the complete opposite of depression. When I am depressed I can't get my butt in gear. Right now I feel like if I stop being active for the tiniest moment, something super bad is going to happen. I have this drive that keeps pushing me to try harder to do more.

I guess I should have been more clear I was asking if this was a form of dissociation or being numb because I feel like I can't afford to feel anything at this point?

So, my question is, what would hyper efficiency be labeled as? Because I am flooded with energy I haven't had since my big T but back then I had a legitimate reason because they pumped me so full of steroids and terbutaline. I have even wondered if it is a for of mania, but I don't feel my thinking has changed. Just the fact I feel like I have to keep being physically active. On the bright side, since this started about a week ago, I have noticed my thighs getting slimmer. Not so much for the stomach though.
 
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Hyper efficiency. Oh yeah!

Every now and then (and not nealry often enough) I just get in this completely emotionless 'flow', and it's like energy is just flowing freely from the universe through me and out again. I can be standing in the kitchen pulling off three complex tasks at the same time, with no energy, motivation or concentration issues. Plate is about to fall of the bench? Watch me catch it while I make a coffee with my other hand and carry on a conversation...effortlessly.

I don't know where that comes from or what it's called. It's like hyper mania without the elevated mood (because there isn't really any mood - good or bad).

So, I can't help you with what it is or what it's called or how to get it back when it's gone. It was suggested to me once that maybe that's just how 'normal people' (hahaha) experience life each day. I'm not convinced, because it's like friggin superpower awesome when it happens.
 
Exactly, that is why I asked if it was a form of numbness.. My mood isn't good or bad, it just is.[/QU...

I am not sure what you would "label" it as as well but I also experienced it for nearly a year. Could be depression. For me, it didn't subside until I started taking an anti-depressant. I was on such a hyper alert/efficiency mode and was sleeping 1-2 hours a night for months. Still exists but not with nearly the same intensity.
 
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