- Username
- Garrett1984
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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! :(
@AnneG Omg this is exactly how I feel.. for 2 months now. Did it ever get better for you??
“Depersonalization can consist of a detachment within the self, regarding one's mind or body, or being a detached observer of oneself.”
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.
Does anyone else have depersonalization? I don’t feel as dreamlike lately but I just don’t feel like me anymore. I question everything, am I real, I look at a pic and think is that really me, will I ever feel like me again? Does anyone else have this?
Please comment if you have experienced severe depersonalisation where you feel unsure or doubtful about specific events? I was driving with my girls from a long trip and the whole time I was pre occupied with thoughts and anxiety asking myself if I was really behind the wheel? Are my kids with me in the car right now? Have I already harmed my kids in any way while being totally oblivious to what happened? Then when we got home , the thoughts continued on with doubts like did we make it home or did I get into a car accident and because I’m feeling so depersonalised I couldn’t reassure my self that we’re home safe and nothing like that happened …lately my DP and ocd have gone to the next level where I don’t feel like im a person , this morning for example I felt like I was a box with all these contents inside it and this feeling makes me feel like im going lose my mind and end up with some psychotic illness where I’ll get dumped in some mental institution 🥲🥲🥲🥲
Just had a bad anxiety attack regarding depersonalization. Does anyone else experience omg Im real and going through ocd? Got pretty scared. Like I know Im me and that im real.
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