Can ocd lead to depersonalization? This question is causing me anxiety. Because my ocd started last year. And sometimes it is worse and sometimes it is under control. I have never felt any of it's symptom. I didn't even know what it was. But as soon as I read about it I thought what if I have it. It is really hard to not think about it. In depersonalization a person fells that things around him are not real Or they are in a movie. I never felt anything like that. I know everything is real but iam stressing about it. Can someone tell how it feels like?

Thanks for the advice. But i dont stress if things are real or not. It's just that i never heard about it. And iam scared about what if I have it. I know I don't have it. But it is scary. So should I deal with it like any other ocd thought?

@harshit Yep. And so what if you have it? It’s actually so normal. It is scary. But not to me, because it’s normal and I accept it’s uncertainty. When I don’t have it, I don’t wonder if it’ll come back or if I have it. It’s just uncomfortable when I’m trying to do work and I feel off. You need to do ERP with this theme. How do you know you don’t have it? How do you know you do? You don’t know at all so accept the uncertainty. Also stay off google. It’s description and the forums depictions of dpdr are very wrong and are filled with very unhealthy people who feed their illness. DonT feed your brain that garbage.

@charleejadeg Thank you for the advice. I will definitely look into it. I was just scared because I thought what if I get Disassociative identity disorder. This made me google it and there I saw that ocd can lead to depersonalization. And there I got scared. Then I googled it for 10 minutes straight and got sacred. But now I will let this thought as it is. Now I will think when I will get anything like that I will treat it then.

@harshit I get this with depression, I dont have it im terrified of developing it, i would try to sit with youll never know, and its better to just live life with that uncertainty than waste it by panicing about what you may or may not have :)

@harshit Good idea. And stop being afraid of DPDR!! i really want to weigh in that it’s super normal symptom of anxiety and goes away on its own.

@PositivityPowah Yes ,will try it. Thank you 😊

@charleejadeg Ok. And it feels less scary now.

@harshit Also!! No google!!!!! 😂😂 googling is literally the worst thing, i fell down that rabbit hole, it makes you more scared, dont google it 💛

@PositivityPowah Ok 😊

@PositivityPowah Yes, while googling I keep going from one website to talk other. And it is very distressing. Will not do it from now onwards. Thanks😊

@harshit Good I used to google depression and ways to prevent it ect ect, but it always stressed me out more, its a compulsion