- Username
- harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Explore more posts
- Username
- hanniehannie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I have definitely experienced this as well. It was a weird experience. It’s just your brain trying to protect itself. OCD is massive stress so you’re brain sometimes just automatically goes to depersonalization or derealization. It’s part of anxiety. Trust me, I have felt like I was losing my mind from this but then found out it’s common for anxiety. Just be easy on yourself. Do a lot of self care. Don’t judge yourself or think you’re crazy. Just try and relax. Camomile tea is a life saver as well as lavender essential oil.
- Username
- harriet221harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@hannie It’s crazy bc it’s like I wasn’t even affected by ocd at that moment, it just came out of the blue. I was actually feeling quite calm bc I was kind of explaining to myself why I get ocd to help me. Then all of a sudden that hit me from nowhere.
- Username
- harriet221harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@hannie I’m also seeing this thing where every time I shut my eyes now I see a face. I have no idea who the person is but feel like it’s me for some reason?? This feels real for some reason. It’s like I’ve had a massive personality change in under 0.5 seconds
- Username
- hanniehannie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Derealization or depersonalization happens so randomly. You don’t always have to be be in an anxious moment. It’s just when ever your brain decides it’s time to protect itself. It does feel very real and scary. I think you’re hypersensitive which is yet another form of anxiety. Really try and do relaxing things and see if you can get your stress level down to see if that kind of helps with you symptoms. OCD is a really tricky thing. It can convince you of literally anything. Just take it easy. This will pass?
- Username
- harriet221harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much, that really calmed me down. Its just kinda freaky bc I haven’t had it really hit me like that before ?
- Username
- em4706em4706
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Depersonalization/derealizarion is terrifying but apparently very common and normal. One tip I found helpful is grounding yourself in the moment. Look around the room and actually focus on the space, the smells, the sounds, how are you positioned in the space? It’s surprising how much this helps
- Username
- harriet221harriet221
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it :)
Related posts
- Username
- mwilson35
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Not to be negative, but today was a really, really rough day. I couldn’t fall asleep till 4 am because of obsessive thoughts last night, and woke up with bad things on my mind. Laid on the couch from 11-5, had a mental breakdown for which I probably would’ve been hospitalized if the coronavirus didn’t scare my parents. I feel like I’ve had so much stress from OCD that my brain just gave up on me today, and I feel like I can’t find my personality or sense of self. I truly feel like something inside me died today, and I’m worried I won’t ever be the same. Does anyone have any experience with this feeling, or have the slightest idea what I should do?
- Username
- BetterDays
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I woke up today terrified cause I didn’t feel connected to my body. I looked in the mirror and thought I was watching someone else and that was scary. Feeling depersonalized fueled my intrusive thoughts. Like “what if I’m going crazy”, “what if I have shifted personalities” or “what if I’m bipolar.” The fear of turning crazy also fueled the intrusive thoughts of me acting mentally crazed or like a child. These intrusive thoughts also tainted me into believing that everything I did was something a mentally crazed person would do. Now I have become more hyper aware of how I feel when I do simple things. This also fueled my OCD subtypes like harm/ suicidal because I think that if I’m not connected to my body then I have no control or might do irrational things. This feeling of not being connected to yourself is really scary and I hate the feeling. How do I get connected with myself again.
- Username
- Anon17
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Can anyone relate?
Woke up this morning immediately looking for the thoughts that I’ve been having even though i don’t want to think about them. I feel like i ended up bringing them upon myself and then i had a super gruesome thought and have been worrying about it all morning. Is it possible to bring thoughts upon yourself? Is it ocd or is it just me? I’m just so scared of going “crazy” that i keep looking for thoughts deciding if it’s me or not if you know what i mean. It’s such a scary feeling When you feel like you don’t know who you are 😭 i literally am just petrified of completely losing sense of who i am and doing something bad and being locked away forever. Is it possible to just turn bad? Does anybody know what i mean by that? Like you secretly have a double ego and completely turn into somebody different? Does anyone else experience this? Is it ocd? I’m so scared i feel like i can never catch a break.
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond