grounding tips needed!

hey y’all! the past few weeks i’ve felt my anxiety get really bad again, when it gets bad it always comes in a depersonalization derealization kinda way. the last few days it’s been at it’s peak. i’ve felt like a complete loss of control i feel like i am not in my own body like my thoughts,actions, words everything is not my own like i can’t recognize myself in the mirror and feel completely numb to all emotions everything i just feel like i’m auto pilot. but it comes with this great overwhelming fear i don’t know what’s causing it or what im scared of but i just feel panicked for days on end. does anyone else feel these episodes? what can help? i usually go to the gym but my doc told me to stop since i have been having heart issues (possible trigger to anxiety is finding out bad blood work results and being sent to several doctors for immune and heart issues and finding out my bf of 3 years cheated as well as next week is my last week as a teenager ever so feeling very very out of control right now) please help! i’m freaking out 24/7

Resilient_Mom

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

So the more you’re afraid of it the more it’s going to happen. I was in the same place as you with this fear and the only way to get over it is not care whether it happens or not. I have felt depersonalization in a while now but when it happens i just let it ride itself out.

lou33

Date posted: 2y

@Resilient_Mom i usually can but this time is weird i don’t know what i am scared of i keep telling myself it’s fine it will go away but then i feel like a panic attack out of no where

justsomone1

Date posted: 2y

@lou33 how it is for me too !! ( this time )

justsomone1

Date posted: 2y

I am in the EXACT same position right now , I feel like nothing I do has meaning ? like not even In that way I’ve struggle with the derelaztion for forever. and I’m at a peak with it right now I do not feel real … I’ve been so paranoid about everything. I don’t recognize myself either , or anything I’m thinking about.

lou33

Date posted: 2y

@justsomone1 usually i can distract myself or take a nap and it’s better but even talking on the phone with a loved one or being with friends isn’t helping. i feel so hopeless this is so draining and i can’t tell anyone they would think i’m losing my mind

Phillip91

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

So sorry you're having a difficult time right now. I just came out of one of these waves. What helped me was ERP. Anytime I start to experience DP/DR, I do a mini exposure where I sit with the discomfort until it comes down. It's really hard, but with practice it gets easier and easier. Hang in there, you've got this!

lou33

Date posted: 2y

@Phillip91 how do you sit with the feeling? like just accept it and not fight it?

justsomone1

Date posted: 2y

@Phillip91 For me I have times where I can’t snap out of it , and it seems like it just happens for days straight until I get to that point ? If it makes sense

Maddie811

Date posted: 2y

I know this feeling like the nasty fear in your gut that just sticks and won’t go away and makes life so hard, you actually helped me realize that I too get depersonalization/de realization. I did some “research” (googling) last night and found that low seratonin and dopamine can cause high anxiety and then I searched what foods could naturally increase seratonin and vitamins,etc. I am not a doctor and this isn’t medical advice. I suggest doing your own googling as to what may be going on on a biological level. For me I think my anxiety is hormone related to the drop in seratonin from the drop in estrogen right before my period. Also I know sometimes it can feel even scarier to do comfort measures and not have them work, but for me being in conversation with a loved one/friend, eating some bread/chocolate, or watching comedy can help distract me and ultimately shorten the anxiety episode I feel like. Also journaling has been a life saver for me because I find it brings me back into my real voice and allows me to process the terror going on in my thoughts. I remember turning 18, it was an anxious time. The rule four hugs a day that my mom used to sing to me helps me too. Becoming an adult doesn’t mean that any of the things you love about life,yourself, or your family have to stop. They will all still be there and 18 is just a number! ❤️

lou33

Date posted: 2y

@Maddie811 mine always is worse i’m the winter and when school is heavy so i’m hoping once it gets warmer and school settles down it gets better. being with someone usually helps but today i don’t have anyone

Maddie811

Date posted: 2y

Also listening to a guided meditation can help a panic attack loads, and opposite nostril breathing where you breath in one nostril, the close both, then let it out the other nostril then breath in that same one

kayla.

Date posted: 22w

any advice, thank you.

so since mid december i’ve been feeling like this , well first in mid december I’ve started feeling anxiety like normal, normal as in physical things like feeling like im going to pass out, shaking, chest pain, etc. but then it got worse , then it turned into more of mind stuff like feeling not real , feeling weird like idk. my mind is always runningg like on over drive, like looking back at myself that doesn’t seem like me. like idk. i can’t stand to look at myself anymore bc it doesn’t feel like me. i can’t be alone , when i think about to it makes it sm worse. but how do i stop thinking ab it? or make it better. i’m scared it’s gonna get worse. like i can’t even do my makeup anymore bc i think something bad will happen. i can’t go certain places , like stay the night bc i think something bad is gonna happen.

nae nae

Date posted: 13w

Grounding techniques?

I can't focus on anything but my thoughts. I'm so inside my head, and my mom always tells me to focus on my body and my surroundings, but I can't, or maybe I just don't know how. I try to, but it doesn't help. The thoughts are still there :(

blehh

Date posted: 12w

PLEASE help

im getting so annoyed i cant stop thinking about time and death and everything how do i stay present and cope literally almost everything is triggering me its been weeks it feels like everything is moving so slow yet so fast and i can feel every second and i keep getting random memories of things i usually wouldn’t even remember they aren’t bad but its just another reminder of time passing and the only thing that helped just enough is xanax but i cant keep taking it every day cause i dont wanna get addicted i need like natures xanax or something how do i produce the same effect a xan gives without taking one for the love of god bro as soon as i think its getting better i start spiraling an hour later and wont be able to stop and its making me feel like i need to go to a psych hospital or something but then i feel like what if im not bad enough to go to one

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