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 came out of it now i’m back in , what helps?
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.
anybody else deal with this?😔
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