Date posted: 3y ago

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: 3y ago

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: 3y ago

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: 3y ago

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: 3y ago

Yupppppp

maxine.anast...

Date posted: 9w ago

harmful & scary intrusive thoughts

does anyone else get really vivid intrusive thoughts of the person who you are talking to (or close to physically) just randomly striking you violently? i keep getting them when i’m just talking to my dad one on one in the car & i get a flash of intrusive thoughts of him grabbing my hair & shoving my face in the dashboard. it gets me so anxious :’)

kayla.

Date posted: 8w ago

derealization depersonalization.

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

nevieocal

Date posted: 7w ago

Can someone please help me?

I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.

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