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- jessicabellomy
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- pureolifepureolife
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I second the advice from PeggySantiago: remind yourself that you’ve felt this way before and it’s also gone away before. There’s no reason to think it won’t eventually go away again. Breath and find ways to ground yourself. There are lots of great mindfulness techniques for simply getting into your body and paying attention to your sensations and that can help bring you back down to earth or at the very least stay a little calmer in the midst of the depersonalization storm.
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- jessicabellomyjessicabellomy
- Date posted
- 5y ago
thank you all greatly for your help, and I send all my love to y’all as well! watching painting videos now to ground myself. I will take all your comments into consideration: I learned I definitely catastrophize situations and think I will never go back to feeling “normal”! but I’m trying to remain positive and, like you said, remind myself that there will be good times too. again, I appreciate it. be good to yourselves friends :)
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- kitteakittea
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes, I watch Bob Ross and he helps with my anxiety and spirals SO much!!
- Username
- jessicabellomyjessicabellomy
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@kittie what a calming man!!! sometimes he makes me want to cry because of how sweet he is lmao (I’m such a crier !!!!)
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- kitteakittea
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I just talked to my bf about something like this the other day— I get depersonalization and derealization sometimes and I get all existential about it! I told my bf about these thoughts and he was actually so understanding about it and talked me through it. He said: whether it’s real or not doesn’t matter, because you have to experience it anyway. So just be in the moment! Sending love, if you need help pls don’t hesitate to reach out <3
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- PeggySantiagoPeggySantiago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I find that it helps me sometimes to remind myself of other times I felt (in your case depersonalization) a certain way and got through. Everything passes, it's just a matter of waiting it out sometimes. I know this can be very challenging. Much love to you! ♥️
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- jessicabellomyjessicabellomy
- Date posted
- 5y ago
*now, not new! sorry folks!
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- 0Aqi00Aqi0
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Sometimes I’ll be at work and I’ll have a thought that tells me “none of this is real, reality is an illusion,” and it sends me into full blown panic mode :\ I also get a weird feeling that reality is a “curtain” that I can rip through, and then my brain feels really 2 dimensional for a while, if that makes sense. I hate it ?
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- jessicabellomyjessicabellomy
- Date posted
- 5y ago
that’s exactly how I feel sometimes! that is one of the reasons I feel much calmer about it: I know that these are just OCD thoughts in a different theme. I often catch myself throwing myself into dissociative states just because I’m questioning if I’m real/if I’m feeling the “correct” things/etc. So I’ve been trying to work on just acknowledging the thoughts and not engaging... That’s what causes the panic, which then sends me into actual depersonalization. it’s been getting better recently, but the past couple days have been rough (hence my post)! however, as I know it’s gotten better for me, I know it will for you too!!!! I hope that won’t feed a compulsion, btw!! I haven’t really recognized my mental patterns as OCD until recently, so I’m learning too. best of luck!
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- 0Aqi00Aqi0
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@jessicabellomy I’m glad it’s getting better for you! Honestly making jokes about it is what’s helping me cope with the thoughts, like when I feel like I’m dissociating I just announce that I’m “transcending,” because that’s what it feels like ? my dissociation lately has been really rough and it’s actually making me feel like I have DID or am developing schizophrenia :\
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- KatieKat
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Existential OCD Trigger Warning: What is the best ERP for the “What if I’m not real?” thoughts? I’d been doing better-ish, and today I’ve been freaking out. Okay, so truthfully, every day has been a form of a living hell on earth, it’s just some days aren’t quite as tormenting as others. I hate DP/DR, which came right along after I saw a post about a year and a half ago, from someone who acted like we can’t prove our existence. I know there isn’t any evidence to think I might not exist, but this is torturing me. Help! I need to do self-help because of finances at the moment.
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- flowerpetals
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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Do people with existential ocd have this terrifying fear that people aren’t real and then they start to feel detached or dissociate only making it worse??? Along with this, do you fear that even though people can relate to you, what if that’s what you’re supposed to hear to help you move on, but really what your fearing is true??? I feel like I’m going insane. I sometimes get these questions, but they go away within minutes. However, these have been staying because I started asking the question “well if people aren’t real then hurt them”. I have other things ruminating in my head, but they’re either too hard to explain or will literally make me sound like I’m going crazy.
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- McKenzier0715
- Date posted
- 36w ago
Can anyone relate?
with my OCD I go through these phases where I believe I experience derealization and depersonalization and they are extremely triggering and terrifying to me I experience all the symptoms from foggy brain to feeling like there's glass dividing me and the world and everything feeling far away. But I also think what if it isn't derealization because no one will ever know how I'm feeling? What if something is wrong in my head? What if I have a brain tumor? And it's and endless cycle along with actually acknowledging that I have OCD.
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