[tikobird]

I've had DP almost my entire life. I started having chronic insomnia about seven years ago and nights when I barely sleep my DP is so frightening. I get so much anxiety it gets out of hand because things look even stranger. The day goes so slow. Does anyone have this problem? I feel like I'm a rag doll on another planet. I can't think and things look even foggier and confusing

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

I know someone with DP/DR who doesn't sleep either. Truth be told if I didn't have medications then I'd have insomnia too. There were a few years that I stayed up all night and slept all day on purpose... to avoid the World.

 

[tikobird]

I know someone with DP/DR who doesn't sleep either. Truth be told if I didn't have medications then I'd have insomnia too. There were a few years that I stayed up all night and slept all day on purpose... to avoid the World.

I never had any problems sleeping until seven years ago. I developed chronic insomnia and that can be worked on with therapy. my question is about having anxiety and not sleeping. I wondered if lack of sleep makes anyone's depersonalization worse. I get more anxiety the next day after a night without sleep. Until 7 years ago after my mother passed away I slept great.

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

Was it seven years ago when your mother passed away?

 

[tikobird]

Was it seven years ago when your mother passed away?

Yes. We moved to care for him because my siblings wouldn't. With the chronic depersonalization and anxiety disorder, it was a very difficult time. My siblings treated me terribly even though they lived in other states and were rarely here. I had nightmares about them after mom passed away. We don't speak anymore. I wish they had been helpful and supportive but we had a very dysfunctional family. The insomnia began a few months after mom passed.

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

I recommend therapy for this specific subject. Not necessarily about the depersonalization. And addressing the insomnia itself is possibly futile because it's a byproduct of your emotions and thoughts surrounding the passing of your mother, plus how your family was around this time and event(s) as well.