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I get derealization! It can be really hard to deal with in the moment and I’m sorry you’ve experienced that! Just know that it’s your bodies coping mechanism for when you’ve got a lot of anxious thoughts. The body thinks it is helping by pulling you out of that state, but of course it just makes things more scary! When it happens just breathe and the best thing you can do for yourself is to accept the feelings as they come and say to yourself “I accept this feeling. I know my body is in an anxious state right now and this will pass as it always does” instead of trying to fight it which only makes things worse. You can just close your eyes and take a few deep breathes

Omg yes! I have had this since August. I had a really stressful week last August and broke down crying hysterically in my car. A few days later the depersonalization hit me. I felt like I was disconnected from myself. I’d felt it before, but only briefly. I started to panic because I felt like I was high when I knew I wasn’t. Every day after that I would anxiously try to avoid feeling like that again, and by trying to avoid it, I was actually thinking about it so much that I would trigger it. It was to the point where I thought to myself the one day, “am I possessed?” And then I started freaking out because I was like “omg if I had that thought it must mean I’m going crazy, maybe schizophrenia because who gets paranoid about being possessed?” That cycle continued and now I do have this fear of going crazy, but I’ve learned to manage it. I don’t go to therapy at this point but I have learned that the best remedy is distracting yourself. You are not alone. You have anxiety and our OCD is so overwhelming that our brain tries to disconnect us and protect us. You are okay. It’s nice to know we are not alone. If you ever need anything or need to talk to someone don’t hesitate to reach out!

What I would do when I would panic about it is get a cold shower, hold some ice, or I would go outside and walk. Outside was my safe place.

I get it a lot, I was stuck in derealization / depersonalization for like 3 years in highschool and now it just comes and goes in waves. I had one that lasted a couple months like a year ago but now it’s only for a couple days at a time. It’s really hard