anonymousN
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- 5y
anonymousNanonymousN
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- 5y
Idk I avoid looking in the mirror because I’m afraid I will start to feel a disconnect and every time I look at someone else my brain is like that’s you and it causes me anxiety because I’m like what if my brain actually starts to think I’m someone else and then I start to have DID . And then it compares me to the guy in bates motel and makes me feel like I’m gonna be just like him and I’m gonna turn into a whole other person and start killing people and doing stuff that I don’t want to do ...
keith11keith11
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- 5y
Look up "depersonalization" that may be what you are experiencing.
keith11keith11
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- 5y
Someone helped me alot by telling me to remind myself that "a thought is just a thought" sounds simple but it's been good for me. My doctor also told me to practice distracting myself in moments like that. I asked her if that was avoidance and she pointed out that our brains think 1000s of thoughts a day. And told me to remember that I don't have to follow every one of them. I guess a healthy brain filters this stuff out subconsciously but ours have to be done manually sometimes. Hang in there. Ground yourself. Are you familiar with grounding exercises?
OcdDemonsOcdDemons
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- 5y
Eugh god i get the same thing but instead of me its the world! Ive found grounding works Find 5 thins you can see on your body that are recognizably yours (pimples, tattoos etc) 4 things you can touch 3 things you can heat 2 things you can smell 1 thing you can taste Its derealization/depersonalisation and i get multiple times a day. This is the best that ive done Its not OCD persay but it is symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and of OCD. If you have themes (harming someone, relationships, etc...) then its probably a byproduct of OCD
anonymousNanonymousN
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- 5y
I’ve had depersonalization before and I think it kind of feeds in to my fear of having a personality disorder. Or DID . But I kind of don’t believe the fear because I’ve never had the thought till I saw that stupid movie bates motel ??? but it does feel very possible and real at times
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