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hi everybody, i feel like im living in hell and have been like this for 11 months now. my eyes hurt, i cant stand been able to see and i have to keep telling myself im a person. speaking is really weird as i no longer understand where the words are coming from does anyone else suffer from this, is it normal for dp.
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I am very familiar with the "distant voice" phenomenon as well, and I've felt it many times. It's like someone else is saying the words coming out of your mouth. It's just another symptom of DP and being detached from ourselves, but it is a particularly weird feeling.

I used to get it a lot at school, if I had to read in front of the class or give a presentation. I would be talking, but not paying attention to the words at all, just how weird it felt to be talking. This made it really difficult to concentrate.
I went to a therapist once who said if I should get this feeling in school, I should do something to "change states", like drop my book or cough, so that I would be distracted and forget about it.

Needless to say, that didn't work. :roll:
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I am very familiar with the "distant voice" phenomenon as well, and I've felt it many times. It's like someone else is saying the words coming out of your mouth. It's just another symptom of DP and being detached from ourselves, but it is a particularly weird feeling.

I used to get it a lot at school, if I had to read in front of the class or give a presentation. I would be talking, but not paying attention to the words at all, just how weird it felt to be talking. This made it really difficult to concentrate.
I went to a therapist once who said if I should get this feeling in school, I should do something to "change states", like drop my book or cough, so that I would be distracted and forget about it.

Needless to say, that didn't work. :roll:
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dreamcatcher, When I was a teenager I use to be so terrified by those symptoms, and I have had them 24/7 ever since. I don't know if it really helps you for me to say this, but the symptoms that you're so frightened of now never get worse than they are. You can actually learn to accept them so they simply lose their power over you. I went completely undiagnosed for over 22 years and I could never scare myself into worse symptoms, even though I was so scared by them for so long. The fact is that the longer I had them the easier it was to cope with. Now that I've been diagnosed I feel like things can only get better.

I can honestly say that even undiagnosed I became less horrified of the ongoing symptoms as the years passed. And believe me it doesn't seem like it's been that long! The first year was definitely the hardest. Just keep talking to people like us about things and you'll get better. I promise!

Just trust me you will not completely lose your mind!

I mean wow 11 months! I know that seems like a lot for you since it's new, but don't worry. Keep hanging in there. You'll get better!

take care
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dreamcatcher, When I was a teenager I use to be so terrified by those symptoms, and I have had them 24/7 ever since. I don't know if it really helps you for me to say this, but the symptoms that you're so frightened of now never get worse than they are. You can actually learn to accept them so they simply lose their power over you. I went completely undiagnosed for over 22 years and I could never scare myself into worse symptoms, even though I was so scared by them for so long. The fact is that the longer I had them the easier it was to cope with. Now that I've been diagnosed I feel like things can only get better.

I can honestly say that even undiagnosed I became less horrified of the ongoing symptoms as the years passed. And believe me it doesn't seem like it's been that long! The first year was definitely the hardest. Just keep talking to people like us about things and you'll get better. I promise!

Just trust me you will not completely lose your mind!

I mean wow 11 months! I know that seems like a lot for you since it's new, but don't worry. Keep hanging in there. You'll get better!

take care
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thankyou all for your posts, i do imagine given time things wont freak me out as much, just finding life really difficult at the minute, just grateful i have got such a wonderful partner who is trying his best to get me through this, would be nice not to feel like i need a babysitter though at the age of 30.
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thankyou all for your posts, i do imagine given time things wont freak me out as much, just finding life really difficult at the minute, just grateful i have got such a wonderful partner who is trying his best to get me through this, would be nice not to feel like i need a babysitter though at the age of 30.
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hi everybody, i feel like im living in hell and have been like this for 11 months now. my eyes hurt, i cant stand been able to see and i have to keep telling myself im a person. speaking is really weird as i no longer understand where the words are coming from does anyone else suffer from this, is it normal for dp.
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My voice has changed a lot to because of that, I also dont understand where my voice comes from either, well yeah from my throat but it is like i cant actually feel it and feel less confident about it.
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