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In my experience, it often feels like you’re not inside of your body and you have no control over what your body is doing. For me it feels like my mind is floating outside of my head in a weird way. It also feels like you are detached from your environment. Like places you’ve been so many times feel like you’ve never been there before. I’ve found that holding something really cold can help ground me and shake me out of it sometimes. It’s scary and I’m sorry if you’re going through it! :(
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@AnneG Omg this is exactly how I feel.. for 2 months now. Did it ever get better for you??
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“Depersonalization can consist of a detachment within the self, regarding one's mind or body, or being a detached observer of oneself.”
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When my OCD was at its worst, I was in an almost constant state of depersonalization. It was so scary. I would forget things, constantly zone out during conversations, and nothing around me every felt familiar. I always felt detached from my surroundings. It started to get better once I finished ERP and my OCD got better. But it stills happens once in a while. Usually when my OCD thoughts get really bad is when it’s at its worst.
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- 22w
i came out of it now i’m back in , what helps?
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so since mid december i’ve been feeling like this , well first in mid december I’ve started feeling anxiety like normal, normal as in physical things like feeling like im going to pass out, shaking, chest pain, etc. but then it got worse , then it turned into more of mind stuff like feeling not real , feeling weird like idk. my mind is always runningg like on over drive, like looking back at myself that doesn’t seem like me. like idk. i can’t stand to look at myself anymore bc it doesn’t feel like me. i can’t be alone , when i think about to it makes it sm worse. but how do i stop thinking ab it? or make it better. i’m scared it’s gonna get worse. like i can’t even do my makeup anymore bc i think something bad will happen. i can’t go certain places , like stay the night bc i think something bad is gonna happen.
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Lately I just feel like I’m on the verge of losing it and I don’t know why. I feel so uncomfortable in my own body. Physically and mentally. Not due to insecurity but just that something isn’t right… I never feel good, I’m always fatigued, my head hurts all the time, but my blood work comes back fine so doctor’s will do nothing. I have anxiety and panic attacks and recently I guess depression since I’m always down. I have relationship OCD so my partner deals with me not being sure of him constantly and it breaks my heart. I don’t want to leave him because he’s great but half the time my brain is telling me he isn’t the one. I keep counting as well, constantly counting every letter in every word and every word in every sentence… it just feels like I’m gonna go insane one of these days and I’m scared. When I talk to someone about this, they have no clue what to tell me or how to help. Am I alone in feeling this way??
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