Dear Johnny U.,
Yup it's difficult to make generalizations. People come and go on this board. The original DP Board started in 1997 I believe. I found it in 1999. I have had chronic DP for most of my life, no let up for about 30 years and I'm 46. And it was an insidius part of my life from early childhood along with anxiety and depression.
When I first found this online (I had just gotten onto the intermet and the first word I searched for was depersonalization). It was the first time I found I wasn't the only person in the world with this.
I've met, in person, many wonderful people from this board. A few are good friends to this day.
I'm trying to say, some come and go. Some have gotten all the info they want/need, all the support, and move on. Others come back when things go bad, or when they have something great to report.
It is indeed a matter of balance, but the degree of DP/DR, the severity, varies with each individual here. THere are also many who have full lives, jobs, families, who continue on with chronic DP or episodes of it over the years.
I don't think many, if any, here are wallowing in this illness. But you make some good points. It is best to try to get out into the world and live as normal a life as possible. But here is where you can find people who TRULY understand, as no one else can.
A long-time DPer, who never touched a rec drug,
Dreamer
Yup it's difficult to make generalizations. People come and go on this board. The original DP Board started in 1997 I believe. I found it in 1999. I have had chronic DP for most of my life, no let up for about 30 years and I'm 46. And it was an insidius part of my life from early childhood along with anxiety and depression.
When I first found this online (I had just gotten onto the intermet and the first word I searched for was depersonalization). It was the first time I found I wasn't the only person in the world with this.
I've met, in person, many wonderful people from this board. A few are good friends to this day.
I'm trying to say, some come and go. Some have gotten all the info they want/need, all the support, and move on. Others come back when things go bad, or when they have something great to report.
It is indeed a matter of balance, but the degree of DP/DR, the severity, varies with each individual here. THere are also many who have full lives, jobs, families, who continue on with chronic DP or episodes of it over the years.
I don't think many, if any, here are wallowing in this illness. But you make some good points. It is best to try to get out into the world and live as normal a life as possible. But here is where you can find people who TRULY understand, as no one else can.
A long-time DPer, who never touched a rec drug,
Dreamer
