Tag: depersonalisation

• Why I’m Speaking Loudly About My Reality

  

  800 days. That’s how long my life has been paused inside hospital walls. What started as survival has turned into exhaustion, trauma, and a body that can’t stay silent anymore. This is the reality of institutionalisation, seizures, and FND — and what happens when your “normal” was never normal to begin with. I’m speaking loudly…

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  18th February 2026

  General, Mental Health, Trauma Healing

  ADHD, anxiety, AuDHD, Autism, Autism Burnout, Autistic Adult, Autistic Meltdown, Blogging, Chronic illness, Complex-PTSD, depersonalisation, derealisation, Different Universe, difficult emotions, Disability, Disability Awareness, Disabled, Disabled Life, disconnection, dissociating, Education, grief and growth, Hospital Life, isolating, Life After Trauma, Life Changing, Lifestyle, Long-Term Hospital Stay, Long-term Illness, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, mental health blog UK, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Struggles, mental isolation, mental-illness, Neurodivergent, Neurodivergent Life, Neurodivergent Life Blog, NHS, PTSD, Recovery, Rehabilitation, scared, Sensory Overload, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Trauma Healing, Trauma Recovery, Traumatic Events, Wheelchair User

• Feeling Disconnected: Coping with Emotions in a Strange World

  

  Jordan expresses a deep sense of detachment from reality, feeling like an outsider observing a strange world. He experiences a lack of emotional connection, struggle to recognise familiar faces, and craves to feel grounded and alive. He fears never finding himself and longing for a sense of normality.

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  23rd July 2024

  Mental Health

  ADHD, anxiety, Autism, Bipolar, blurred vision, clouded vision, Complex-PTSD, depersonalisation, depression, depression fog, derealisation, Different Universe, difficult emotions, disconnection, dissociating, dissociation, Dissociation Awareness, Distant Reality, Feeling Disconnected, I Feel Alien, I’m not like the others, isolating, life, Life doesn’t feel real, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, mental isolation, mental-illness, Neurodivergent, people feel like strangers, PTSD, Real Life Stories, scared, Strange World, stranger, Stress, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Tackling emotions, Thought Talk, Traumatic Events, traumatic memories, unfamiliar faces, unfamiliar places, you are not alone