Anyone else stuck feeling depersonalization almost all the time? When my anxiety/ocd got bad it’s like it hit me and won’t go away. I’ve developed the fear of losing my mind because of the way it makes you feel. I’m stuck and don’t know how to deal with this.

I used to deal with this so intensely I became agoraphobic last year. I promise just small exposures to these thoughts will help. I occasionally deal with it but that’s because I do compulsions every now and then; still working on recovery. I’d say it’s 80% removed from my life, I just have to do the last 20%.

I can relate to what you’re going through. I’ve been experiencing depersonalization / derealization (DP/DR) for almost a year and a half now, and I think it’s made my OCD worse and probably causing more OCD themes too. It’s a dance between the two with OCD making depersonalization worse and depersonalization making OCD worse. Currently doing EMDR therapy. Do you have a good therapist who knows how to treat DP/DR? I can share some of my grounding / coping skills if you think that would be helpful.

Hey depersonalisation has become a sort of OCD theme around my harm ocd as I’m constantly questioning what do I feel and if I’m feeling guilt, empathy etc for the past year it’s been tough it feels constant, I feel like I’m spectating life and not actually living it feeling disconnected from people around me and the world not just myself, it’s a shitty feeling and it’s Lonley. Like you I started questioning constantly am I going crazy or am I developing schizophrenia or something like that, so I can relate 100% I hope this helps just try to let yourself be and whatever comes naturally happens try not to live in fear of your emotion.

Yes yes yes. It’s so frightening. Constantly feeling outside of my own body, not recognizing myself, and feeling like I’m a bunch of different people. I’m with you in solidarity. I wish I knew how to make it better.

I go through DR when my ocd flares up. It took 4 months but now I feel like I’m finally coming back.