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[Saphir]

Thanks so much for sharing and giving me hope!

 

What are some of the books you bought off of Amazon?

 

I am looking for something that will give me hope, much like your read, perhaps with tips and tricks along the way to make this process.... easier.

 

Thank you!

 

~S

[Anonymity]

I love how you dont mention the feeling of unrealness in your symptoms. I never really had an accurate feeling of feeling unreal, and it makes me doubt my self-diagnoses all the time. Thoughts of being unreal or external things being unreal have never been an issue for me. I would constantly try and put in my head the feeling of unrealness, even though I never truly felt it, just to try and convince myself I had DP, and this caused more distress for me. Unrealness is the main thing that defines DPDR and without it i believed I couldnt relate to anyone here.

Things just gradually felt horrifying and very different and out of control for me, even very casual things, just nothing was the same anymore. Jaimas vu was extremely prevelant for me, and still is.

I relate much to this post, and appreciate it a lot. Im ganna have to reread, and hopefully it will begin to resonate with me.

[nessafarrell]

Awesome post, absolutely relatable. Thank you so much for the encouraging words of wisdom! We are all in this together and it will be alright

[Jubrowne]

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[Jubrowne]

Wow very informative post. Your symptoms are the closest I have found to mine. My dp was triggered im thinking because of quitting birth control and I also had surgery on my stomach. I am 21 years old. Always been very normal happy fun ect!! Never had mental health issues in the past. Two months ago my life changed forever. I was sitting in my car and bam out of nowhere I felt like someone had taken out my soul. My mind my will and emotions were like non existent. I started to panic and had a panic attack and really haven't calmed down since. Everything is different. Like I'm looking at the world through some distorted view. things don't really look distorted but feelings towards them are different. Idk it's hard to explain. Like I'll look at my hand and wonder all these stupid questions like "is this my hand and why does it look like and why does it bother me and never did before?" Like dumb ass thoughts. Basically feeling like I'm dreaming and unreal all day. Can't look in the mirror at myself because I just don't know who or what I am. Really disturbing. Had to quit college and move home with my parents. Trying to figure out what the hell happened to my brain and why things that are so meaningless scare me to death. I seriously think I'm going psycho. The doctors tell me I'm not but this just isn't normal. I'm just waiting to wake up one day and really just lose control completely. I can't control myself because I don't even know myself!!! Im so scared IM gonna start hearing voices and believing delusions and stuff because what im feeling is really delusional and not real but it bothers me so much. I feel like im floating out of body all damn day

[Jubrowne]

@life123
Hi I read your post. I'm am current going through dp and feeling like I'm going schizophrenic. Did you get over the dp and feelings of being mentally ill?

[Jodie]

@nuncle would be great to hear some replies on recent posts x

[Jodie]

its a really good point @thor, when we are at our worst with DP we always somehow manage to calm ourselves down enough to continue... but then when its not so bad, we think about it so much it puts us right back there... gotta notice the connection between those 2 surely, death situations bring out the power in people, anything less almost makes us want to put ourselves back there, cause thats the only time we can be strong... deep