[esiuol]

Hey,

I know a big part of DP/DR is existential questioning, and I do that too, but during bad DP/DR episode does anyone ever get like scared that they're being tested? Like you realising all the stuff might not be real is a test someone is putting through, and that if you accept nothing is real or pass the test, you'll really wake up, or something?

I know that sounds completely mad, and it's not what I believe, it's just a thought I get but I've never seen anyone else say they have ever had a thought like this. I was just wondering if ankle has?

 

[kalinka]

yes, i feel the same! the worse is that i've heard and read so many spiritual stuff about things like "the world is just a dream", "there is no self" blah blah... before my DP it didn't scare me but now it does very much and it's hard to not think about it

 

[Wendy]

Yes, I've had thoughts like this all throughout my experience with depersonalization / derealization.

In the context of unreality, this is a normal obsession that people have.