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