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 ?

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.

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.

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