Date posted: 4y

tw: dp/dr sensations does anyone with depersonalization / derealization ever be in the middle of doing something literally anything and then an intense “whoosh” feeling of feeling unreal. and then suddenly you’re hyper aware of yourself and you’re surroundings but at the same time feel extremely separate from reality. for me, it feels like a really really intense high without wanting to be high. at its worst, i can’t even recognize my own family members and my childhood bedroom feels foreign. it’s difficult and triggering everytime, i’m trying to cope better with it now but it’s still challenging. can anyone else relate ?

pureolife

Date posted: 4y

Yes. And I’ve learned to just ride the wave, same as anxiety. Rather than freak out and try to get myself feeling “real” again, I label what’s happening “oh, I’m feeling depersonalized.” And then I look back to what I was doing before it hit and continue, while allowing that feeling to be with me. It leaves on its own fairly quickly after that. Much quicker than when I try to fight with it or force it to leave.

Date posted: 4y

This is very helpful! Thank you. Labeling it has always helped me in the past, I’ll use this for my dpdr too :)

Tanaya

Date posted: 4y

I've experienced this slightly, it's usually when I'm having an depressive episode. I've never had it on the level you've explained tho so I can't imagine how disorienting that must be. I know I've had feelings of thinking am I really me, like am I here. I'm aware when that happens but I've had the feeling that I'm a controller in my body/head if that makes sense and sometimes I can feel separate from my body, it creeps me out tho so I try to snap out of it.

nayely🤍

Date posted: 4y

Yupppppp

kayla.

Date posted: 23w

health.

does anyone else feel like they’re going to pass out? i’ll just be going on about my day then i just suddenly feel like im gonna pass out, ive never passed out before , i can be laying in bed and i get super dizzy. being in a store or a crowded place is when it’s the worst.

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kayla.

Date posted: 15w

derealization depersonalization.

i came out of it now i’m back in , what helps?

Mariabae

Date posted: 6w

panic. scared. it feels real

Right now I feel like I’ve realized something awful. Like maybe… I never truly loved my boyfriend. Maybe in the beginning I was just excited to be in a relationship. Maybe I confused that excitement with real love. And when the intrusive thoughts started, maybe it wasn’t ROCD — maybe it was the truth hitting me. I write this and it feels real. That’s the scariest part. It feels calm and clear and like maybe I’ve just been lying to myself all along, holding on because I “should,” not because I truly want to. I can’t remember how it felt to love him — and that makes it worse. I feel so disconnected, so numb, like nothing makes sense anymore. Every time I try to feel something for him, it feels like I’m faking it. Like I’m playing a role, not being myself. But the thing is… I’m not at peace. If this was really the truth, why does it hurt so much? Why does this “realization” come with panic, guilt, emptiness, and so much fear? I don’t want to hurt him. I don’t want to lose him. But I also don’t want to keep living like this — doubting myself, my feelings, and my past. I feel like I’m stuck in a cycle I can’t break, and I’m scared I’ll always feel this way. Has anyone ever felt like this before?

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