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As rough and exhausting weeks of therapy are about to end for me, I'm scared of what's coming next. A huge problem which makes my dpdr worse and got me into a deep depression is that I seem to be somewhat unable to retain new information which is needed for me to function. For example; I wasn't...

Hi there, I've spent months researching this condition and have come across so much valuable knowledge, inspiring stories and advice. I've reached several profound insights on my own, insights I perceived be so powerful they would be impossible to forget. However, I've realised this condition...

Good evening to everyone! I wish good luck to everyone. We have to believe one day will be normal again. We are all fighters. This is my 5 months story until now. After an intense period of psychological stress due to a break up and dismissal from work i felt something in my head like headaches...

Hi everyone So I am about 2 months down the line in my wonderful journey with dpdr - most of the symptoms have cleared up, I feel in my body most of the time, things look real enough which is progress - but at the moment I am really struggling with the Existential thoughts. I have really...

Anyone else have a really hard time with memory? My whole life seems patchy when i try to remember it in detail. I know who i am of course, just alot of detail is missing and i find it really hard with recent events too, even yesterday seems foggy and patchy in certain areas. I get the feeling...

I have honestly just had enough of all this now, just when I think it can't get any worst...it does. I feel so estranged from my memories, like I am 100 percent blocked, but anything I can remember just feels like a very long fauge dream I feel like my memories are not real, like my whole...

I been suffering from depression and GAD. I feel like I am obsessed with my memory loss and how I feel. More I am anxious more i feel lost. I also feel empty no happiness no emotions. This been going on for almost three years. But the hardes thing is when I talk to someone and we bring some...

I relate 100 procent to this guy... Does anyone has this also? I am at the point of losing everything. No feelings No memory Not visualizing anything No thoughts No words in social occasions. Disconnected from everything Anyone... Please :(

Hey all, I love teaching and writing. See, I almost put "loved" instead of "love" there. Without seeming too dramatic right off the bat, that's been a practice for me lately. I feel like I already separated my life into who I was before DPDR, and this weird, messy, spacey blob that I've become...

Warning: Depersonalization and derealization are protective mechanisms. Just reading this essay might temporarily or permanently disrupt those protective mechanisms. If you are relying on them, approach this essay with caution, to avoid provoking an extreme or dangerous reaction. Note: I am not...

Hello, Has anybody had severe cognitive impairments, as a result of this. I mean to the point where simple memory is obliterated, can't do the most basic calculations and so on. I feel literally stupid. To put it in context, before my issues in 2015, my old professor advised me to think about...

Hey, so i know this isn't exactly a new topic here, but these seems to be the major daily symptoms for me. Please tell me your experiences with these symptoms (explain your memory or concentration issues to the best of your abilities). To me it's like i'm stoned all the time, whatever happened...

does anyone else feel like that there past really didn't happen Like when I go to try and remember my past I can remember it, but it's like it never happened or it was like a dream. I was just wondering if anyone felt this way because it's one of the symptoms that really irritate me

Doea anyone else have memory problems.. When I wake up in the morning I try to remember what I did the day before and it feels like I didn't do it at all or its like it happened so long ago knowing it's only been 1 day.. Another example is when I drive to point A to point B I can hardly...

Novo-Pharmacy- A Brief Summation: Previous Medications continued through until present time, with no flush out period involved: - Sertraline: 200mg - Lamotrigine: 400mg - Sarcosine/ D- serine/ Sodium Benzoate: Once, Every other Day. Recent additions to current drug/ supplemental regimen...

Hello everybody, I need your guidness and assistance once again. So I have been trough derealisation. I coped with it. I have been through hypochondria, panic attacks, feeling on the edge, but yet there is more to come. Anxiety can surprice you in variety of ways. Just to mention i have dealt...

Hello everyone, I hope I am posting in the correct forum. I have had DPDR symptoms for years but these days I seem to have no anxiety and panic attacks, they have been replaced with chronic brain fog and a general feeling of cognitive decline. I was hoping someone could give me their advice...

Good day everyone, I am going through a rough patch and I really need to know if anyone else has had issues with memory and being in a brain fog? I have had DPDR from a few years now but the last few months I have had NO anxiety, NO panic, just an overall sense of being detached and faded. I...

I see a lot of people wondering why their memory is so bad, why they don't feel like themselves, why they look back on years of DP and wonder "how the hell did that go so fast?" It's all connected to your lost sense of time. I saw someone say earlier that our sense of time is off because we're...

I'm scared of leaving the house to go to school for a number of reasons but one of them is because I'm scared that I'm going to completely forget who I am. When I'm walking around school I have to say my name and where I live in my head just to check if I remember. I'm also scared of forgetting...