#derealisation disorder

[abyssofburningmemories]

[fractalsuggestions]

this is a little self-indulgent but i love colors and designs, so...

here's my take on a DPDR (depersonalization-derealization disorder) flag

here are the stripes, top to bottom:

blue- community & overcoming isolation

green- grounding & recovery

yellow- depersonalization

white- general feeling of disconnect, with a white square in the center for a feeling of "something missing"

light blue- derealization

gray- general dissociation/combined depersonalization+derealization

black- loss of time/emotion/opportunities

there's sort of 3 sections of the flag: the center represents symptoms of the disorder itself, the bottom represents the negative outcomes of those symptoms, and the top represents recovery and connection and understanding among people who share this disorder

there's already an existing DPDR flag, but I really wanted to make one that included stripe meanings. the existing one mostly just has colors taken from the cloudgender flag, which as a neurogender related to DPDR is certainly relevant, but i wanted to make one that wasn't derivative of that seeing as not every person with DPDR is cloudgender (for example, me)

the original DPDR flag is perfectly fine! as I said this is a bit of a self-indulgent thing and i honestly thought of this design before checking if there was an existing flag. link to the original flag will be posted in a reblog!

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

DPDRgender Pride Flag

DPDRgender or DPDRnurix: a depersonalization-derealization neurogender; a gender caused by DPDR. It can be an umbrella term for DPDR-exclusive genders, gender derealization, and gender depersonalization (gender sonances related to gender dysphoria).

Similar to cloudgender, however with no references to clouds and less specific. The first colors are from depersonalisation flag, and the last ones from derealisation flag.

[unidentity-dpdr]

Hello!

This is intended to be a half-informational, half-personal blog on the topic of depersonalization-derealization disorder, commonly abbreviated as DPDR.

A longer explanation of DPDR can be found here, but in short: DPDR is a dissociative disorder wherein one experiences chronic depersonalization and/or derealization not caused by another disorder to a point which causes distress and/or impairs functioning. Depersonalization and derealization are two specific types of dissociation: depersonalization is a disconnect from one's self or personhood, and derealization is a disconnect from one's surroundings.

Neither are exclusive to DPDR as a disorder, and either can occur as a symptom of other disorders, other dissociative disorders especially. The abbreviation DPDR may also be used to more broadly mean "depersonalization/derealization". On this blog, I will be using "DPDR" to refer to the disorder, as that is how I experience these symptoms.

An unidentity is a term I have coined for a specific type of depersonalization I've experienced and have been told others experience as well, but have found no specific documentation of. I have chosen to coin a specific term for ease of communication and greater awareness regarding this specific symptom. Other people with DPDR who experience this are welcome but not required to use this term. A longer explanation of unidentity is can be found here.

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[pilipalaa]

I was writing about all the negative things about myself, "I compare myself to other people", "I'm lazy" and this and that. I stopped and wrote, "But.." hoping to find something a bit positive.

It's been an hour and I'm still here with a pen in my hand, the "but" in front of me and no words to write. It is such a horrific experience to realise you cannot see a drop of goodness in your own self while searching for it all around you.