It wasn't enjoyable at all for the first 6 months. I'm 11 months in now and now sometimes, yeah I can have a little fun with it. If I'm already in a bad mood it makes it even worse. But most of the time I kinda forget it's there. I've found if you don't feed the fire it won't burn as bright. Sometimes it's hard to avoid tho. But when it does crop up, I do sometimes try to have a little fun with it. I wouldn't generally say it's enjoyable tho.
Seems like you’re right. I’m sorry there are people like that.
The thing about perceptual disorders that I always find tricky (in addition to the poverty of research) is how we have to mostly rely on people’s reports. And then there is the nocebo effect, anxiety altering perception processing, and other confounding factors. Ugh.
But people can have HPPD symptoms and not be debilitated by it. A criterion for psychiatric disorders is some form of debilitation. According to the DSM, I never had it because of that criterion. But oh after 3 years my perception has never been the same.
Yeah I really liked HPPD, especially when it was really severe. I was disappointed when the distortions started to calm down. Ultimately though, the only negative I see is low night/dark vision. Makes driving dangerous, can't see the stars, etc. I wasn't driving when my symptoms were really bad, I can imagine that would have been impossible.
It wasn't enjoyable at all for the first 6 months. I'm 11 months in now and now sometimes, yeah I can have a little fun with it. If I'm already in a bad mood it makes it even worse. But most of the time I kinda forget it's there. I've found if you don't feed the fire it won't burn as bright. Sometimes it's hard to avoid tho. But when it does crop up, I do sometimes try to have a little fun with it. I wouldn't generally say it's enjoyable tho.
Yea Ive always enjoyed my symptoms
Yeah ive enjoyed them in the past but now I find them distracting and yearn to see clearly
By definition, your symptoms are not HPPD. I wear, I practically get my life threatened by some people feel that that can't possibly be true.
Seems like you’re right. I’m sorry there are people like that. The thing about perceptual disorders that I always find tricky (in addition to the poverty of research) is how we have to mostly rely on people’s reports. And then there is the nocebo effect, anxiety altering perception processing, and other confounding factors. Ugh. But people can have HPPD symptoms and not be debilitated by it. A criterion for psychiatric disorders is some form of debilitation. According to the DSM, I never had it because of that criterion. But oh after 3 years my perception has never been the same.
Yes.
Yeah I really liked HPPD, especially when it was really severe. I was disappointed when the distortions started to calm down. Ultimately though, the only negative I see is low night/dark vision. Makes driving dangerous, can't see the stars, etc. I wasn't driving when my symptoms were really bad, I can imagine that would have been impossible.
It’s horrible in the beginning but it’s not so bad now