Has anyone felt it affect their vision? Like things seem farther away or closer? Very frightening. Any advice? Anxiety has been so high as of late idk why.
Yes, I feel like I really have to sit with this one and let it pass. It was very very frightening at first but once I learned to not be afraid of it it got better.
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@kirstenrisk I feel like it’s kind of a break from my OCD, which is I guess doing what it’s suppose to do. It’s very scary but I know it always passes so it’s not bad. I feel like calming yourself down and controlling your anxiety levels makes it vanish. At least that’s what has worked for me in the past. Existential ocd started this dpr/der a little under a year ago, and I literally thought I was going crazy lol once I realized it was a common symptom for people who struggle with high levels of anxiety it made it honestly go away. The other day which what I was sharing above literally freaked me out so bad, the only way to explain it is comparing it almost to smoking weed when your younger and the anxiety and panic it would cause you..accept I didn’t smoke any weed which made me feel even crazier 😂 anyways, Thank you for sharing your story with me!
@kirstenrisk Glad someone agrees with the analogy😂 hope today is treating you well
Yes. I get derealization and depersonalization. Derealization seems like things are farther/closer or bigger/smaller. It's a scary experience! Derealization is triggered by trauma or severe anxiety/stress. Your brain uses derealization as a coping mechanism to prevent you from whatever your subconscious is trying to suppress. For really bad and long episodes I take benzos. HOWEVER, I do NOT recommend them because they are extremely addictive and that's a whole new problem to have. For mild and short episodes, I use grounding exercises that focus me on the present.
Yeah i disconnect from life a lot lol if it bothers me i remind myself that its temporary. It does suck that itll get between my work bc its harder to listen and process things people tell me 💀 if thats the case ill be honest about what im going through and ill be given a break to ground myself thankfully. Ik there are people in workplaces that do not care about your mental wellbeing so im grateful i didnt have that experience at my previous employer.
Yeah I've been there. Happened at the theater last night during cocaine bear. Kinda rough but it passed and I felt better after
I am so so so anxious, I cant even describe it. I have this horrific anxious feeling going through my body where it feels like im about to do something terrible. I feel incredibly sick, shakey, panicky. Due to this harm ocd episode. I am so scared that I might act on a disgusting horrific harm intrusive thought. I dont wanna be near knives, go to the kitchen or even get up. As im so scared that Im going to act on it. I know I dont want to but this anxiety and horrid feeling makes me feel like i do. I am petrified the anxiety is terrifying. I sat in the kitchen earlier while my brother was close and I was scared because it feels so real even typing this im starting to panic. Please respons please and please say if your uk based it brings me a bit of comofrt as I know im not alone in this country! What makes it worse is my family were talking about their aspirations and dreams then i felt even more scared of the intrusive thoughts because if i did act on them they would be destroyed and then I also feel so much guilt cos i get scared my bf is scared of me has anyone had this does it go.
Really bad theme right now is death, I keep thinking about how one day or at any moment my heart will stop my brain will stop & my memories & everything I know will all fade away. It is giving me so much anxiety I’m only 18, but I realize it all happens to us it is bound, we are born to die. I know it’s a silly thing to be scared because it’s not helping the quality of my life worrying about it and even when I do die, I won’t care , if you don’t have a working brain then how can you care 🤷♀️. It is tainting my everyday life currently & honestly making me terribly depressed & it is giving me derealization & making me feel nihilistic, I’ll remind myself it’s okay but then with my ocd i don’t stop thinking and thinking about it and it’s seriously so hard to stay present in the moment because this thought just feels like I can’t scrub it away it’s miserable I struggle with religion, but I do pray to anything that’s out there possibly listening, because it is comforting, it just feels like this whole experience Is pointless & I am afraid of the unknown and what is to possibly happen but I’m subjected to it anyways so why should it matter
My OCD has never been this strong, it's so real, it feels like it will never go away, it's never been this strong for me and it's very scary.
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