Anonymous
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I had awful dpdr that lasted months but I'm free of it now, it gets better!
AnonymousAnonymous
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how did u recover?
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@Anonymous I had a lot of patience with the dpdr and with myself and learned to live with it so I wasn't stressed out about it which really helped a lot. I also got new experiences like travelling to a different country and left the house a lot more and just tried to have fun despite the dpdr and it went away.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Aoife where there times it’s got worse and brought on more anxiety? and what thing triggerd yours to make it worse?
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@Anonymous Yeah deffo. I had times where it would make me feel so anxious and depressed and have such negative thoughts that were totally out of character for me. I don't know what exactly triggered it but I think it started with existential thoughts
username255username255
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hey man currently dealing with dpdr really bad right now too! i’ve had it for the past month it’s horrible.
AnonymousAnonymous
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it’s such a weird feeling i’m sorry
brooke99brooke99
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I’m dealing with it as well! It is hell and so scary. My psychologist said it’s caused by very high cortisol and severe stress, Try to do lots of self care if you can and try to ignore it (easier said than done for sure) !! You got this
AnonymousAnonymous
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what does it feel like for you?
brooke99brooke99
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@Anonymous It feels like nothing is real and I feel out of my body constantly. I always feel like I’m going crazy because everything seems so fake and distorted or it feels like I don’t exist
AnonymousAnonymous
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@kar do u look around and everything just feels so weird and stuff
brooke99brooke99
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@Anonymous Yup constantly!! It feels like I’m living in a simulation or it feels dream like
AnonymousAnonymous
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@kar it’s soooo bad and terrifying how long have u had this for?
brooke99brooke99
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@Anonymous 3 months now! It is very stressful. Try to just accept it as best as you can, it does go away eventually from what I’m told!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@kar same here! do u still go to school and stuff with it?
username255username255
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@Anonymous this is my 2nd time having it the first time was due to smoking and had a panic attack and i can tell you it does go away. i have it again due to having harm OCD and it was traumatic to me so it caused dpdr. it’s hard to believe it’ll go away but it does!! im having just as a hard time as you and i know what it is.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@username255 dude same here i had harm ocd and then it turned into dpdr and then i got so scared of developing schizophrenia or any sever mental illness
username255username255
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@Anonymous bruh same!! and im scared since i think life is a dream and things arent real that im gonna lose my mind and do my intrusive thoughts. its absolutely scary!!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@username255 that’s crazy i’ve never related to someone on this app so much
brooke99brooke99
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@Anonymous I went through the exact same thing with the Harm OCD!! And then I convinced myself I had schizophrenia too.
username255username255
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@Anonymous its definitely rough man. its all a weird feeling. do you get existential thoughts too?
username255username255
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@kar did you get over it?
brooke99brooke99
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@username255 I did get over the convincing myself I had schizophrenia! Im having a lot of existential panic now and dpdr. I have been panicking that I’ll lose my mind and do my harm ocd too!! Horrible feeling
username255username255
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@kar yes the existential and dpdr is so rough ugh. existential comes with dpdr as it is too. its just all scary
brooke99brooke99
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@username255 It is. It’s so hard not to panic when every second feels so weird and scary!!
AnonymousAnonymous
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my anxiety mimics like sounds and stuff like how a schizophrenic would but they aren’t real
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