Depersonalization Disorder... ?

Well my friend now has a boyfriend



Except he claims to have depersonalisation disoder which I find believable because whenever I have been around him he seems almost completely emotionally detached.
It's sort of an air of "I don't care" or "I'm here because I don't really find it particularly disagreeable"

So I'm left wondering... how does a relationship like that really work. Is it a case of "you support me so I'll support you". Or can he genuinely like people if he works at it? (he says he can't feel for anyone)

I think it'd be hard to be in a relationship you don't recieve affection from, so then is being there for eachother what makes the company worth while?

Also the description of how people with this mental disoder percieve things really interests me. Alot have been known to describe it as like being in a movie or watching somebody else's life, or feeling as though they don't have any control over what they're saying. It would be strange to feel this way on a constant basis.

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/depersonalization_disorder.htm




hmmm......................................... just thinking.

 

Yeah definitely.
I feel there are similarities between us but you know, with the whole depersonalization thing he doesn't feel like being social and I'm not one to chase people down.
My friend hardly spends anytime with our group anymore coz of the awkward atmosphere.

 

Yeah, I realise INTJs aren't completely emotionally detached but it's the label of depersonalization disorder that gets me, but I'm starting to think that thats just a way he's described himself... I don't think he's actually been professionally diagnosed but anyway. What Black Swan described above is pretty much how I see relationships as well which is why I think I'm sensing a similarity to this person. I can see him constantly analyzing. It's him who's mentioned he's completely incapable of attachment but my friend and him seem to get along fine and I think it's more a case of people just aren't interesting enough for him. He also admits he's weird.

 

Not help as such but she asked us all about it from the very beginning which is why I'm asking you guys for more imput so I can be there for her with a bit more perspective.