[Clare_Blackman]

Hi everyone! Im new here

I think I must suffer with the worse case of derealization, even though i havent been diagnosed! It first started happening when I got drunk ..weird sensations happend to me and then i was left with this horrible thing which i thought was a sight problem.
Years later I got that drunk again not thinking it was the alcohol ...this problem got worse ...the last 3 years have been utter hell and i cannot describe how its messed up my life, I feel sooo drunk all the time and it also feels like having a migraine ...sometimes the fear takes control and i think anything could happen cos nothing seems real at all. I find simple things very hard to do and all i want to do is feel normal again before i really go mad!!

Please anyone contact me who feels the same, id love to hear from you!

Clare.

 

[sebastian]

Well, as everyone else will point out, you won't go mad simply as a result of anxiety, which is probably what you have. I don't want to be presumptuous but as i've dealt with this for years and have heard sooo many similar stories, i'll lay out for you what my opinion is:

You are predisposed to anxiety, the alcohol exacerbated the anxiety, the anxiety has now become perpetual. I imagine you'd find a lot of similarities between yourself and the other stories of people on this board. Anxiety causes DP, or at the very least is an ingredient of it. But you've come to the right place, and others will explain this all to you in a less prosaic manner. Sorry, but i'm at work and getting the evil eye.

In any case though...you've come to the right place.

Welcome to the dollhouse.

s.

 

[Clare_Blackman]

Thanks for the reply ...it makes sense! though it feels so much more than just acute anxiety and this problem is constant..not just bits here and there. Yes I have very bad anxiety i admit but ive only ever had bad anxiety after this problem happend.
thankyou for replying

 

[Guest]

though it feels so much more than just acute anxiety

Never underestimate the power of anxiety to totally pull the rug out from under you. I had low level-ish anxiety for many years, learned to adapt my life around it. But now it has ramped up and is there 24/7 and giving me DR/DP etc symptons as well as anxiety fuelled ones.

..so i guess i am saying never underestimate the power of anxiety....or indeed strength the human mind has for combating it if given the right tools :wink: