(HELP PLEASE) So my depersonalization/derealization has gotten so bad I’m actually scared for my life and I don’t know if I’m ever going to go back to normal I’m freaking out about it. I feel so unreal and vision is so blurry, I feel like I can go insane any second and that feeling is causing me so MUCH anxiety. I don’t know what to do anymore guys, this is a HORRIBLE theme I’m having because it’s not just mental, it’s physical, I feel so many ugly symptoms because of the derealization! Help someone please!

Thank you so much this is amazing advice ??

I can understand being in a complete panic from an OCD attack and almost feeling numb..like I’m not really there. But I think it’s the body being in shock from so much nervous activity. It helps if I start talking to someone I’m close to about anything to come back to a level head. I’m just explaining my take on it. I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way.

Well actually I have those from time to time, and If you were wondering how to tell if it's real, I found out (I discovered this myself) is that when it's real, close your eyes as tight as you can until it starts hurting a little bit, then you know you are awake, because you can't close ur eyes harder in your dreams. So just keep practicing that for about a month, and you should start getting used to it as time goes on. However it may not help derealization, it can lower your anxiety when you have one. Hopefully this helps, and If not, I will for sure try to search for others ways to help you.

Have you told your doctor? I think I had something to do with medication. Whether you need something different or this is a terrible side effect. I don’t know. I’m sorry. I can sorta understand what you’re saying.

You’re welcome. I want it people who suffer like I do to know they aren’t alone.

I’m having blurry vision lately too! I do think it’s a side effect. But my what if worry brain is saying it’s the onset of hallucinations which makes me more anxious and bc I’m operating with a deficit.

You need to stop trying to “go back to normal.” Your efforts to control it or push the feelings away are what’s driving them. “Maybe this is a daydream. Maybe not. Maybe my vision will always be blurry. Maybe not. Maybe I don’t control my own body. Or maybe I do. Maybe I’m in a hole in another galaxy. Or maybe I’m right here on earth just feeling depersonalized. I can’t be sure about any of this. Oh well.” Basically, the more worried and non-accepting you are if not feeling real and present and sure, the worse it gets. The more you can sit in the uncertainty and just let the anxiety happen and subside, without doing compulsions (in this case: trying to prove yourself you’re okay or real) the less anxiety you’ll eventually feel and the more grounded you’ll get over time.

Are you taking medication?

Yeah Im taking 20 MG Prozac currently

Do you think this could be a side effect from you meds?

I don’t know I can’t tell, I’ve gone through this before but it got really bad again recently, like 9 days ago. I had depersonalization/derealization before I took the Prozac as well, I was diagnosed with panic disorder and OCD by a psychiatrist because of the symptoms I was feeling and they then put me on Prozac so idk what it could be tbh I’m worried...

I have never had derialization before, but if you can explain what you are feeling like, please tell me and I can try to help you out.

Well I know it’s all caused by anxiety BUT I feel like I’m in a forever daydream, like I try to refocus and shake it off but it just doesn’t happen, it’s a daydream 24/7, I have blurry vision cause of this, I get tingly in my arms, everytime Im gonna talk and move or try to grab or move something, it feels like someone else is doing it for me, like someone is moving my arms and body for me, I feel like I’m in a hole or in another galaxy, I feel high almost everyday, it’s an UGLY feeling and I just don’t feel real and I don’t know how to stop this, they say don’t analyze it and you’ll get better BUT it’s hard not to analyze it when you feel it 24/7, it’s not just mental its ALSO physical. It’s the worst feeling I’ve ever experienced and I just want to come back down to earth

Thank you so much you’re so sweet ?

Maybe try lithium, or an SSRI. I have derelization/ depersonalization lot when my symptoms are very bad. I take an SSRI and it helps me a lot.

Yeah Prozac is an SSRI which I’m currently taking rn