I feel like I’m dissociating.
I’ve been staying up late to work on my online classes, busy throughout the day with the kids, cooking, and working on sewing projects. I feel like I never get a moment to myself, but I LOVE sewing and school is so I can have a MUCH better job in the future. I checked my Apple Watch yesterday morning and it counted 2 hours and 43 minutes of sleep. I just feel like I’m in an altered state of reality, like I exist but not in actual time. Fleeting.
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@Jacqui nope. It's definitely a sleep thing. I didn't sleep well for a couple days and felt like I wasn't in reality. Went to the hospital and everything and they literally just told me I needed sleep
@Jacqui I am Autistic and I have ADHD. I was diagnosed BPD a while back but my therapist thinks it was misdiagnosed and actually my autistic traits showing. BPD is not the same as bipolar, and I do have a niece (from my adoptive side of the family) who is bipolar. I don’t see those traits in myself.
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I don’t know about bipolar disorders but it sounds like you’re a momma with too much going on at once. As women we typically prioritize everyone/everything else over ourselves and our identity. As a result, everything else is taken care of (house, kids, cooking, etc) that self-identity is lost because let’s be honest, it feels like the other stuff is more pressing as it’s right there in our face as things to get done. I know i am challenged with this too and unfortunately don’t have a quick solution but wanted to share that perhaps there is another way of thinking about how things are going and if you feel it might be lost identity, ways to slice time that is devoted to just your needs.