Depersonalization and Derealization as Trauma Responses

Yeah not enough sleep just kills me, it makes me loose grip on the world and i feel very floaty the whole day. happened yesterday and was one of the most severe times, i couldnt even sleep.

yup, i am very reliant on schedule and routine to function, and especially for me when i have less sleep i tend to dissociate as the only way to make it through the day

Shitty childhood now makes my brain go foggy. It happens a lot during conversations and driving, and has made school a bit harder. it definitely get worse with a lack of sleep too. It's kinda scary sometimes when you come to and find that you were on autopilot.

I honestly don’t know if mine is a trauma response, I think it could be but I do not have good enough insurance to get a therapist who can help me figure it out. I also went undiagnosed with other disorders for a while which may have caused trauma for me. and yeah honestly sleep fucks with my anxiety & my dpdr

I remember during the events of trauma having the state of mind that its ok because its not real, i was just watching my body like a ghost from far away, this has carried into every day life but yes it developed as a trauma response

I have had stuff like that happen before. Now I ask people if I dreamed it or did it really happen. Because I have such vivid dreams.

Yeah, sleep is an issue- falling asleep and also trying to wake up, I would hallucinate my dreams. I basically realized that the difference between my brain and dreams and my brain awake or not as starkly different as it is for neurotypicals. There was one medicine that I was on I think it was Wellbutrin that worked well for me to feel grounded during the daytime but my dreams would feel so real that I thought they were memories..... It got really confusing when I imagined (dreamed) making up with a boyfriend and he's like "no that didn't happen we're still broken up"

considering DPDR is a Trauma and Stress disorder,,, yeah /nm And yeah mine is much worse when I don’t get enough sleep which goes great with school starting way too early for me

I feel that mine is much worse when I haven't slept well. Also, I am definitely dealing with trauma from the past year & anytime I have to deal with a trigger I instantly dissociate. I have been dealing with dp/dr for months. Some days are less of a fog than others, but it's mostly always there.