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- harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Bring on your 5 senses what can you hear, see, smell, taste, etc. It helps me a lot.
My therapist recommended the same as above. If there’s a way you can carry a comforting smell around with you (small vile of lavender for e example). I tie a handkerchief around my dogs neck for about a week and then carry it with me, I also have photos of them on a keychain that helps me a lot. I have tattoos if them that I look at and pet (it sounds really weird but petting my arm hair combined with the visual of them helps the most... I have no idea why.)
My biggest thing is distraction/ ignoring the feelings. Pretend they aren’t there, carry on with your day as if you felt completely fine. Socializing is very important! Get out of your own head :) good luck! You’ll get through this. I used to suffer with depersonalization and derealization but I’m almost 100% better now! It will pass, just don’t feed into it. The more you think about it the stronger it will become, so like I said- just pretend it’s not even there :-) good luck!
@katiesexistence I just don’t know what to do, bc it’s like I lose myself after I get ocd. Then I just feel almost dead inside and not me and I don’t know how to break the cycle. It can last for days or months and I can ground myself but just have no clue how to reconnect with myself.
What do you do to help bring yourself out of derealization or depersonalization?
My biggest problem is depersonalization/derealization that gets me so scared when I go out (especially on the road/in the car) if I could get that to go away it would be so much better :( anyone have any tips for managing dpdr?
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