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  1. Discussion
    How does anyone work with these symptoms? I feel like I've lost my identity. It's not just these symptoms I've also been diagnosed with bipolar, PTSD, generalized anxiety, ocd. I am seeing a psychiatrist and am on meds. Nothing seems to help. It just makes the symptoms worse. I'm in therapy but...
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    Does anyone else feeling like they’re living in a movie or watching one of your own life? I’ve been feeling like i’m in one and it’s scary and i don’t know if that’s normal. I feel so disconnected from everything in life including my family who feel like strangers
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    Hello everyone, I've had Depersonalization and Derealization symptoms for three years now after a bad case of mono and current chronic fatigue. Ive tried different supplements and cbt techniques to at least calm the anxiety and I'm definitely better at managing it now but have moments of...
  4. Discussion
    Hey I'm asking myselve if anyone else is feeling what I feel... -everything is rlly clear (rarley everything is rlly dizzy) -dizziness -like I'm in another dimension -the world feels so small and limited -although I have goals in life, everything feels useless, the same and like everything what...
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    Hey everyone! Okay... so about 2 months ago I smoked weed ( I have smoked maybe 6 times before) after that I felt dizzy and slightly derealized, but after 3 days I suddenly had a panik attake, after that I had DR, it got better (almost cured) but then I started thinking what if it is sth...
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    Just a question I'd like to gain some insight on. I've read about what people here say and it seems to be the opposite for me. Here's just a quick example of some of my symptoms 1. My DP is strongest in AM - like 7 am as soon as I wake up. I used to grab the bed and hold onto it for dear life...
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    Lately I've been obsessing over the passing of time and it it's really fucking up my brain. I think about how the present really only lasts a second before it's just a memory in my brain. I feel like I'm not perceiving time in a linear way anymore and I feel like right now only exists and past...
  8. Discussion
    So...this is my story experiencing Depersonalization (and also some derealazation). I have been suffering this for One year now, and truth be told, it has been the most horrendous, emotional , hardest time of my whole life. I'm no stranger to Mental Health issues, but Depersonalization has...
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    I've recently been having weird symptoms that were never usually there... Does anyone else experience these? Walking down the stairs feels really weird, like a massive out of body experience. Walking up the stairs is fine, but going down is unusually different. It feels like I'm floating down...
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    Hi everyone, I hope you're all well & on the road to recovery. So I have decided to take the plunge and go and see my Dr and try and explain what on earth is happening (explaining the symptoms of depersonalization) - it's so hard to explain! So I have taken some time out to sit down and try...
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    Am I the only one who has felt like it's not really me that is breathing? Like I can hear myself breathe, but I don't feel like I'm the one that is actually breathing, which freaks me out. I also feel like everything is a dream all the time. I question everything if what is happening right in...
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    Hello, Does anyone suffer with the following ? When you turn a light off when going to bed or in a room and you open your eyes in the dark - do you experience a visual strobe light effect? It doesnt happen so much for me anymore but the doctors just looked at me with the classic "DPDR...
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    Hello, Does anyone have a real problem with artificial lights? e.g. tube lights I used to work in a typical office skyscraper and the tube lights absolutely ruined my experience. It was like the icing on a cake made of dp/dr. I used to get into work early to try and get a desk near a window...
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    Hi, I am new here just wanting to ask if feeling these symptoms are Normal in dp and dr: Not recognising people (not even my mother) Not being able to feel including bad emotions like sadness or fear Feeling trapped in time like there's no past or future and you a not progressing just staying in...
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    So i got my dp/dr from weed exactly 32 days ago. After all it's been getting better. (No trace of anxiety or mental disorders in my family_ nor in my own life before the Weed Panic attacks_always lived a chilling life_ maybe just some slight depression ) before the last smoking session which...
  16. Recovery Stories
    Hey there my name is dim im a 21 year old guy from Greece and sorry if my english seems a bit poor even though i lived in Australia for 3 years. So i'm at a point now after 6-7 months of hell where i am far away from panic attacks ,i have beaten depression and my anxiety levels are very low even...
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    Hi everyone, I entered in this awful condition 2.5 years ago, first I was terrified about what the hell is happening, but I have learned and observed some things that I want to share with you and I am also curious about your opinion about this disorder. I try to collect my ideas under several...
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    Hi, this is my first time posting on here and I just thought I'd make this post to see if other people can relate to my feelings and sensations. I am a 15 year old(male) and one night I suddenly got extreme anxiety to whether the world is real or all in my head etc and JUST COULDN'T COMPREHEND...
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    Hi There, I recently suffered a car accident, and got depersonalised again. its been a week now, and i have majority of the DP symptoms. I previously got DP'ed in the summer of 2014 from smoking, you guessed it. (Marijuana). and was 100% recovered by feb- march 2015. but last week, as i said...
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    Hi Guys, I would like to tell you my story. I do not know if I've derealization and maybe someone can tell me if I have me. I always think to have it my body or my brain fucked. I'm from Germany and I am 18 years old. Last summer I had the weed for the first time a racing heart. After that, I...
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