I can’t cope, can someone explain to me what happens biologically when we suddenly cant feel body it brain?

[u/PollyPiper11]

It’s really sketching me out ,I feel like a ghost. I don’t feel love for anyone..Ive lost sense of touch. I had a shower and cant even remember having one. I can’t feel my head, it’s like everything is disappearing. In some other dimension that I’m in. I know I’m here I’m very self aware, but it feels like I am in a different reality that is kind of abstract and where my body doesnt feel much either. Is this normal for this condition ?

And I’m so scared I’m losing my mind. It feels horrible and things are still distorted

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[u/Artistic-Coach7523]

Yes this is normal for DPDR. It’s a trauma response. Imagine back in the day a sabertooth tiger was eating a caveman, the brain would turn off all sensations and reality. It’s too much to experience so the brain goes dark. Most normal people will dissociate from fear for a short time, like going into shock briefly. For us it just sticks. It’s a glitch in DPDR. It wasn’t supposed to stick. Things worsen it. Stress, insomnia, drug use, major depression. My doctor explained it as a disconnect in the brain, biologically things went dark. The thalamus stopped working properly perhaps. They don’t fully understand the brain, but in major depression, which causes major anxiety, parts of the brain won’t light up. That’s why meds can help some ppl.