* Dear Amber:

I relate to that “something switched in me completely and I just didn’t recognize her… Almost everything feels mechanical.. I feel so largely disconnected… This feeling of disconnection.. so strange.. it was like I didn’t know him anymore”-

– you describe the emotional experience I know as dissociation/ derealization, it is a way the brain protects the person from emotional pain by taking away the loving feelings. No loving feelings/ no connection=> no hurt/ no pain when a desired relationship does not materialize or does not otherwise work out.

If you would like, you can start your own thread and we can communicate there.

anita