DRIVING (Or Not Driving) With Depersonalisation Disorder
This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. In the last 10 years I’ve spoken to literally hundreds of medical professionals about how I ‘feel drunk all …
Great topic, Joe. I know what you mean by worrying about causing accidents. What amazes me is how we function on what I call auto pilot. I think we are functioning but we just don't feel normally (emotions or physical senses). Self confidence helps. So much of this comes from self doubt, not having the emotional or sensory feedback that we are doing ok.
I drive for a living, had dpdd for about two years.. Ive pretty much had to result in drinking excessive Caffeine to feel a level of control.. But for the most part it comes in waves throughout the dsy.. It's terrifying.. And redbull keeps me going.
Had no idea dpd has been the cause of this for all these years until a few days ago.. Blown my mind open.. Feel like I've found the key to my sanity.
I felt like I was forced to drive a truck in work as I had said to them that I was not confident driving. Saying this I haven't done to bad except I did get stuck in the mood a few times and the truck over heated, which basically put it in the bosses mind that I couldn't handle the truck. As for the driving, yes, it still feels very sureal, but I somehow know what to do.
I have this DP and I am way to scared to drive around other people. Alone in a car I feel in control and my DP is pretty tame, however with other people it gets really bad.
Yes you should drive and continue normally with your life, DPDR is not a disorder, it’s more a condition, and it does not handicap you!, you can have a normal life as longest you trust yourself and keep going. Remember also that what is keeping you in this condition is what you eat, plus what you drink, and that you keep poking yourself and making it worse!
I have depersonalisation and I passed my driving test one week ago. I am so nervous to start driving daily as I know in my lessons and for example during my test I felt really spaced out and not in my body and this made me panic about the fact I was driving and not in full control
I'll be starting my driving lessons in a month after years of putting it off and I'm really nervous about it. I have the dissadvantage of having slower reactions on top of that so I don't know how it'll go. But I'm also very excited about it, eventually getting a car and being independent in my travels.
I feel like i shouldnt drive and i actually didnt finish my license. At the time i had some emotional issies going on as well so it just didnt feel right and i dont need a car anyways. I was overlooking things a lot of the time, and i get visually overstimulated very easily. I often stare at the fridge looking for something, not seeing it even tho its right in front of me lol. Btw, a good book i can strongly recommend is "the body keeps the score" by bessel van der kolk. Bets book about trauma and how to go about the causes, he adressed dp and dissociation also and really gives the msot comprehensive overview.
Great topic, Joe. I know what you mean by worrying about causing accidents. What amazes me is how we function on what I call auto pilot. I think we are functioning but we just don't feel normally (emotions or physical senses). Self confidence helps. So much of this comes from self doubt, not having the emotional or sensory feedback that we are doing ok.
I drive for a living, had dpdd for about two years.. Ive pretty much had to result in drinking excessive Caffeine to feel a level of control.. But for the most part it comes in waves throughout the dsy.. It's terrifying.. And redbull keeps me going.
Had no idea dpd has been the cause of this for all these years until a few days ago.. Blown my mind open.. Feel like I've found the key to my sanity.
I felt like I was forced to drive a truck in work as I had said to them that I was not confident driving. Saying this I haven't done to bad except I did get stuck in the mood a few times and the truck over heated, which basically put it in the bosses mind that I couldn't handle the truck. As for the driving, yes, it still feels very sureal, but I somehow know what to do.
Thanks, Joe, you're like a friend to go to with these videos.
I have this DP and I am way to scared to drive around other people. Alone in a car I feel in control and my DP is pretty tame, however with other people it gets really bad.
Yes you should drive and continue normally with your life, DPDR is not a disorder, it’s more a condition, and it does not handicap you!, you can have a normal life as longest you trust yourself and keep going. Remember also that what is keeping you in this condition is what you eat, plus what you drink, and that you keep poking yourself and making it worse!
I have depersonalisation and I passed my driving test one week ago. I am so nervous to start driving daily as I know in my lessons and for example during my test I felt really spaced out and not in my body and this made me panic about the fact I was driving and not in full control
I'll be starting my driving lessons in a month after years of putting it off and I'm really nervous about it. I have the dissadvantage of having slower reactions on top of that so I don't know how it'll go. But I'm also very excited about it, eventually getting a car and being independent in my travels.
I feel like i shouldnt drive and i actually didnt finish my license. At the time i had some emotional issies going on as well so it just didnt feel right and i dont need a car anyways. I was overlooking things a lot of the time, and i get visually overstimulated very easily. I often stare at the fridge looking for something, not seeing it even tho its right in front of me lol. Btw, a good book i can strongly recommend is "the body keeps the score" by bessel van der kolk. Bets book about trauma and how to go about the causes, he adressed dp and dissociation also and really gives the msot comprehensive overview.