[brett88]

Does anybody else have Derealization all the time...with DP that comes and goes? Ive had Derealization 24/7 for almost two years now, since this started. I hate it. The DP comes and goes, but its accompinied by the DR. The DR is much much more scary and debilitating to my personality and work. Flourescent lighting and rooms with lights turned off (cause of static vision) makes the DR unbearable if im around it for a long length of time. I feel like if i was stuck with one id rather have the DP all the time, and the DR to only come and go...since the DP is somewhat easier to deal with. Although Id give anything in the world to have them both gone forever!
But in the meantime I guess Ill just have to play the cards I'm dealt. :x

Another thing thats frusterating is I keep seeing posts and sites for Depersonalization Disorder, but not Derealization Disorder. Which if it was a condition, would be what I have.

 

[widescreened]

Thats me too,Ive dr more than dp.I dont think it makes much difference which is easier 2 live with,im sure dp sufferers will say they feel worse than if it were dr.
both are symptoms of depression,anxiety or obsession based disorders,resulting from life trauma,personality type/genetics,brain physiology/neurology type.The trick is to id which matches your cause the closest and take the appropriate action to deal with it.een if it is personality type or neurological/genetic in origin,you still can cope with it and improve your lot.
ufortunately,i still have bad days,and i know what makes my mood sink lower,so i avoid the traps.i know what i can do to improve my situation,so i do these activities instead.
whatever your view on the horrors of dp/dr are,im sure youll agree that the bottom line is we have to recover and salvage our dignity and self of self back,so we can engage in busy,active lives and not exsist helplessly in the invisible cage that has trapped us for so long.
So id your positive and negative activities and triggers down.leave them somewhere you can read regularly and do use them.get the appropriate medical and psychological help.

 

[Guest]

Hi Brett88,

YES I understand totally, I have self-diagnosed DR 24/7, I am also guessing it was a result of too much constant stress, I had allot of bad things in my life stressing me out, then one day I remember my head going funny, ever since that day, the world has looked surreal, more like a dream than reality, my mind feels detahced from my environment, so after thinking for many weeks I must have had a stroke or brain tumor, I decided it makes more sense that I have Derealization, but yes mine came, and STAYED!

I hope by following the advice of the good people on this board, it will fade over time, if I relax and focus outward, and ignore it as best as I can.

all the best mate, your not alone at all.

Oh and I dont think I get DP at all, it is just my environment 24/7 looks detahced and ...generally unpleasent! I keep trying to explain to people, I am 30 year sold and have seen the same way all of my life, and THIS IS NOT IT! but nobody really has a clue what I am talking about, so this board is very good for times when you feel very alone.

 

[Guest]

yea i have 24/7 DR and it is slowly but surely draining away my youth.

 

[fingertingle]

I have both, but the dr has become its own reality.
Dp bothers me a lot more