KaffeinatedKatie
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I got in a car accident yesterday when I was feeling a bit in a daze, which I feel very often for as long as I can remember (possible PTSD from childhood trauma). To an outsider I probably just look calm and maybe seem a bit lazy/lethargic. It's a spectrum, and sometimes I only feel it a little bit and sometimes I feel more out of it. My gaze tends to be kind of fixed and there is a bit of a far away feeling, but I don't feel like I'm not real or that the world isn't real. I was able to be very calm during/after the car accident, which is strange because I'm typically a very anxious person, except when I'm feeling in this "daze." Nothing in particular seems to bring it on. It's often just random, although I do notice if I've been doing the same thing for a long time I start to experience it. Yesterday I had been cleaning for over 3 hours before I got in the car and had been kind of feeling in the "zone" and didn't want to stop cleaning. Then I felt drained and just in a bit of a daze, which I think dulled my reflexes and response time (the accident was my fault).
I feel this way most days at least several times a day. I pretty much go back and forth between feeling this way and feeling anxious. I mentioned derealization to my therapist and she said most of the clients she has with that are much more detached. She said she thinks I'm a little disconnected from my emotions, though. I'm wondering if I didn't explain it right to her? What sort of emotions and I detached from when I just need to be driving and alert?
I feel this way most days at least several times a day. I pretty much go back and forth between feeling this way and feeling anxious. I mentioned derealization to my therapist and she said most of the clients she has with that are much more detached. She said she thinks I'm a little disconnected from my emotions, though. I'm wondering if I didn't explain it right to her? What sort of emotions and I detached from when I just need to be driving and alert?
