[Guest]

My 13-year-old has had dr since last december and became 24/7 about a month or so ago. Recently, she said she has had wierd feelings, like the beginnings of dr in reverse.

A couple of times she has "almost" thought the world was real but she's so used to dr that the feelings scared her, increased her anxiety, and her dr came on stronger. I suggested she try to allow the feelings of reality to come. She said she's afraid to, because what if it's NOT real? For her, that would be worse than feeling everything is unreal all the time.

Any experience with "almost" feeling the world is real but then needing to draw back? Could this be a step toward recovery or am I overanalyzing it?

 

[Soshen Cloud]

I've thought about this very subject myself. Being a sufferer from dp, I commenly thought about what recovery from dp would be like. But then I realized it would just mean me becoming another number. If this isn't the real world, I would much rather suffer through DP, and question everything, than just accept it as it is seen, and do what everyone else does.

Anyways, since that was completely random and nonbenificial, here's some advice, like I should've just posted in the first place. Let her cope, and let her draw her own conclusions on the world. If she decides to question it, and belive in the possiblility of the universes own non-existance, then it will be easier to deal with the DP, than just pushing her twords "recovery".

I don't even know if what I said meant anything. I wasn't really 100% aware of what I was typing at that time. You're the parent, so do whatever you feel is best for her... Don't listen to me.

 

[Martinelv]

Recovery is a slow process. It hardly ever happens over night. In fact, almost never. Sure, benzo's and whatever can give you immediate relief, but, unfortunately, it's only temporary.

DR/DP, in my case, faded away slowly. I distracted myself in almost every way possible. I threw myself into my hobbies and work, women and socialising, with renewed vigor, even though I felt like the world around me was from the planet Zargog. But I persevered (not through willpower, but through my selfish desire to live), and over the course of a year, the filthy thing (DR/DP) just faded away. Twice! It's the best advice I can give.

And now, even though I've been through quite a bit of sh*t, I am still DR/DP free, and I don't expect it to return.

 

[ret]

My DR has improved lately. At the start i did get moments where I felt as if the world was almost real. I did notice I that had to draw back after it occured, I think its becuase you realise what a strange world you have been living in and it's a shock.

I think it might be a step forward to recovery because my DR is 20% better.

 

[livinginhell333]

i think my dr is better too, but not by much, my dp is still strong, right now i feel pretty invisible and its scary and weird that i'm actually typing this. i usually don't think about it but i am right now and its bothering me. like how the hell do i have hands. freakin scary. my hands aren't mine. crap.