[Blake]

Alright,

I have eliminated all physical factors that could weigh my recovery down. ( I quit smoking, drinking, potting, exercise every day, good sleep for over 2 months now.) Yay for me, moving on...

I feel much better, much more lucid than I did prior to this lifestyle change. However, whats left is the mental side of the recovery.

I am of the opinion that whether your DP was drug-induced or caused by anxiety (mine was drug-induced), your DP is doing relatively the same thing: providing a defense against stress or new and possibly frightening stimulus. So the concensus is that if you can "focus outward" and try as hard as you can to live your day-to-day life in full-throttle fearless grin and bear it mode, then you will begin to show your brain (consciously or subconsciously) that it no longer needs DP as a shield, and it will fade.

To me, it sounds like "just live like you dont feel TOTALLY CRAZY ___insert your DP description____ and eventually it will fade." I cant seem to do it. Dont think about a pink elephant. BAM, elephant. It just sucks.

Am I on the wrong track here?

Fight the Good Fight,
Blake

 

[Guest]

Blake
This is what I did! This is how I am on my way to full recovery!

Keep at it you will get there. It won't happen over night. Your mind will fight you. It will seem the more you try to focus outwards the more it will try to drag you back. Keep going & you will win.

 

[Guest]

You know what, it was silly because I have read the title and thought immediately of a pink elephant. Talk about mental pictures!!!!

K