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- 2y
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- 2y
Unfortunately you can’t control how long it stays.. you can control how you react to it. It will pass and the more you try to not ruminate on it and just ignore it (way easier said than done bc its really the most horrifying thing someone can experience) the faster it will leave you. Patience is key, breathing through, and dont follow any of the thoughts and catastrophic stories your brain is trying to come up with in this state. We got this together ❤️
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- 2y
@yeehaw1 SO normal with it!! Trust me lol I will look at my kids and just cry bc I know who they are but they feel like strangers. It gets VERY weird!
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@yeehaw1 You're gonna be okay. It will go away. I went through it and I know how difficult it is. Before it happened this time were you under a lot of stress? It will go away and the "normal" feeling will come back. Just do positive things and don't engage with any negative thoughts that try to run through. Just breathe through it day by day and try and occupy yourself with things you like to do. You're gonna be just fine ✨️ 🙏 🦋 ❤️
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It may come and go for a while but I am on the med after almost two years and it’ll be shorter for you because you’re already aware and seeking help and support. It can’t hurt you and you aren’t going to go crazy, I promise you. It will go away. It’s just a matter of time.
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@Anonymous thank you <3 it’s so scary
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- 2y
@yeehaw1 There’s a good DPDR meditation on YouTube by a guy named Swamy G. Just type in Depersonalization meditation into YouTube and then look for his. There’s a bunch but his is particularly good because he deals with the existential thoughts and the feelings that come with this.
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- 2y
i’m dealing with this as well :( this will pass for us, take deep breaths and know that if you got through it last time, you’ll get through it this time.
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@Anonymous we will get through this!!!
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I’ve experienced derealization so hard I’ve felt like I was floating. I’ve had another time where I thought I smelled gas in the house and forced my mom to go outside because I thought the house would blow up but it was derealization hitting me like a rock! It’s such a weird feeling. I noticed for myself, it has a lot to do with hormones, cycles, and brain symmetry. It’s sucks but getting a decent sleep schedule and eating better seems to help. It does sneak in once in a while
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- 2y
i’ve experienced the same thing around the exact same time, i totally understand and it’s going to be okay i promise. there’s going to be good days and bad days. the only thing to do is to continue your life like normal no matter how scary. you will heal and this will go away in time🫶
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- 24w
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- 23w
i can’t cope with the fact that i’m alive. i am currently 3 1/2 weeks into prozac 40mg feeling nothing with 0.1mg clonidine daily for anxiety attacks. i have heavy derealization and can’t tell what around me is real and fake. please someone tell me it gets better.
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- 16w
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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