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Derealization and dissociation
anybody else deal with this?š
anybody else deal with this?š
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@Mbt4507! Thankyou !
@Mbt4507! Hey! How are you. Are you free to talk about derealaztion / dissociation?
Can you describe the feelings because I've been feeling "emotionally numb" for like 6 months after an OCD "breakdown" I'd like to call it. I've heard of dereal an dissoc and I think some of that happened I believe 6 months ago but now I've just gone emotionally numb is the best way I can describe it, and it's worse at night. I think trauma from OCD itself (years of dealing with it finally broke me) is catapulting me into depression or something. But I'm not "sad" per se (unless subconsciously because of frustration with stuck in OCD), I just feel like my brain is stuck in some weird emotionally numb mode. Is this my new normal?
@Dude01 feeling not real, or getting to focused on life/ reality and starting to dissociate. minds kinda a numb feeling? Itās scary because I feel not real and not familiar with things itās kinda constant š©
Heavily for a long time! What helped was loving it even though I hated every bit of it. I had to become an actress. A little hard to explain but basically Iād wake up and if I noticed my hands seemed a little off or whatever the feeling is for you Iād enthusiastically say SCORE! Weird hands today, alright! š and go on about my day. Literally snapped me out of it and not immediately⦠I had days where I woke up feeling normal and then later on in the day experienced bouts of it but again just let it be. Thank your brain for it trying to protect you and live your life. Nonchalantly, carelessly, āwet noodleā your way through this. It will get better. I donāt know when friend but it will just enjoy every second of it. Sorry best advice I have. ā¤ļøāš©¹ā¤ļøāš©¹
@ Skyline šļø ugh thankyou so much! Itās such a hard feeling to describe:/ feeling unfamiliar with surroundings, yourself. and yeah the hands are a big thing for me I look at mine and feel so disconnected and weird .. and mines that way to some days I wake up completely dissociated .. itāll go away when distracted, comes back ect. š
iāve dealt w this for a while now sour candies or really minty candies help a little when i feel this way. thereās some weird science behind it, but i keep some in my purse at all times just in case. oh and balancing. like standing on ur tippy toes or on one foot thereās science behind that one too (therapist told me abt this) but i honestly forgot i can say it helps oh my fav is the 5,4,3,2,1 senses method look it up! itās great
@marilauespa Thanks so much! I struggle with it so bad currently. Itās really trying to taking over Iām not letting it though
@marilauespa Hey! How are you. Are you free to talk about derealaztion / dissociation?
@justsomone1 hey sorry for late response but yes ofc !
@marilauespa Do you have any socials youāre comfortable sharing?
@justsomone1 do u have snap?
@marilauespa Yes itās @kenlyspelll
@justsomone1 just added u!
does anyone else get INTENSE derealization (itās the worse for me when i wake up from a dream in the middle of the night) and itās so bad that it genuinely feels like nothing is real, not even thoughts are real, consciousness is not real, what the heck are we doing on a floating ball in the middle of darkness?? i feel like im in a simulation or a dream. i hate it sm ive had it everyday for 5 years, but tbh im not surprised it hasnāt gotten better because I have gone through some traumatic things recently and have had bad mental health. hopefully it could get better soon idk.
i came out of it now iām back in , what helps?
Hi everyone, I havenāt posted in a whileāabout 6 monthsābut Iām really struggling and need some help or advice. I thought I had healed from all of this, or at least I was doing so much better. I have never felt this before but it feels like Iām slipping back into something I canāt control. Right now, it feels like Iām stuck in a bad reality. Itās like Iām trapped with my dad in one reality, and Iām trying to get back to the other where Iām with my family, but I canāt. Itās so hard to explain, but everything around me feels unreal, and my mind keeps telling me Iām stuck. It feels so real, and I donāt know how to get out of it. Itās like Iāve been transported to another world, and I canāt break free. nd now Iām scared Iāll never come back to the āgoodā reality I had before. and I genuinely believe this. Iāve been struggling with these thoughts about spiritual realms, the devil, and spiritual warfare. My dad has always talked about these things, and heās gone through psychosis before. Heās also had a history of doing a lot of drugs, and now Iām terrified that I might end up like him. I fear that Iām somehow becoming like him, trapped in that same mental space heās been in. He talks about spiritual stuff that scares me, and I canāt shake the thought that I might be losing myself the same way he did. I know this might sound weird, but I feel like Iām getting closer to that line, and I donāt know how to stop it. I keep feeling like Iāll never come back to the way things were, like Iāll always be stuck in this distorted reality. Iām afraid of losing myself, especially in my faith. I believe in God, but my thoughts and fears about all of this are making it hard to feel connected to Him. I feel so distant from God right now, and itās hard to see how this can change. Has anyone else experienced something like thisāfeeling like youāre trapped between realities, afraid of becoming someone you donāt want to be, or struggling with fears like this? How did you cope? I just need some hope that I can get through this and come back to a better place. Iām scared, and I feel like I canāt escape this. Any advice would really mean a lot right now.
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