- Date posted
- 2y
Depersonalization/derealization
Sometimes it feels like I’m just manifesting new symptoms to have as a way to actually have an answer to something so distressing. However, since yesterday, I’ve been having these thoughts that people aren’t real. That sounds so weird, but I heard that derealization and then I remembered that regardless of whether I’ve been going through these intrusive thought episodes, I’ve also had these thoughts before. This one sucks because it gives me more thoughts that go “well if everything isn’t real then act on your thoughts”. Just fun ones like that (obviously not fun). Furthermore, I don’t know if this is depersonalization, but sometimes I just feel like not me and everyone is out of focus in a sense. I don’t really know how to explain the feeling, but it almost reassures me sometimes because it makes the guilt more bearable. Realizing what these actually are, I start to pertain these symptoms to me before I knew what ocd was and it’s been adding up. However, then I start to wonder if psychotic people also have these symptoms which just adds on to the distress. Everything that comes out of my mouth in regards to my emotions towards the thoughts feels like a lie because it just feels like I’m in denial of who I actually am.