[Matt89]

Anyone ever feel like there the only person in the world and everyone else is there imagiation?

It's scaring the hell out of me. I keep questioning everything, like why do things look the way they do?

 

[jake]

I can relate to feeling all alone, its a terrible feeling. Theres a veil between myself and others. "Things" dont look weird to me, but my perception of reality and my place in it are very --hmmm-I dont know how to describe it. I am an isolated person and I find the more I can truly feel connection to other human beings or even my dogs I do better. There is a sense of "far-away-ness" to my symptoms which sucks and can feel very scary when DP hits suddenly and *I* feel like I am a figment of my own or someones imagination. Try to relax and know its all boogeymen...not relly rreal and wont hrt you. Thats what I do.
my best,
---Jake

 

[livinginhell333]

yes very. either that or i feel like i don't exist. both very lonely feelings. i really don't know how to get out of it. i just can't question everything, which i learned not to do as much, but its extremely hard to see things not real, like family, environment, friends, what not. i don't think about it as much, but all i know is that everything seems strange to me. i do mean every single little thing. like walking, talking, writing, playin basketball, driving, working, anything is hard to do because it feels like i am not doing it. i just wish this nightmare would be over, cuz its really taken a toll on me. i don't know how to get my life back.

 

[Tom Servo]

Yeah, that idea used to really scare me when I was a teenager. When DR hit later on, I figured it had come true. I still ponder it from time to time but nowadays I've decided I pretty much don't give a sh*t whether other people are real or not. The way they behave is the same, real or not, so what do I care.

There's actually a word for the belief that one is the only real being in existance. I think it's called solipsism. I probably have the spelling wrong, though. Whadda ya wanna to bet it was derived by someone with DR?

 

[Sojourner]

You are all describing anxiety without the physical symptoms of racing heart, etc.

Anxiety.

Anxiety.

Anxiety.

The answer:

- Psychotherapy

or

- Medicine

or
both

I think most people here should immediately stop thinking in terms of DP/DR.

Everything I read here is anxiety of one sort or another.

I say this not from the position of one who has read a lot, but from the position of one who knows from experience exactly what you are talking about.

I had my first anxiety attack today since MAY 21, 2005. Sheer hell.

It is ALL anxiety, folks. Take care of it with psychotherapy or medicine or both.

But don't wait around for it to leave on its own if you've tried. Either you need to release some inner stuff that you're scared of or your brain is sending incorrect signals to your pituitary which is flooding your body with too much adrenalin and other good stuff.

This will not go away on its own.

I've come to the conclusion that waiting and hoping and distracting and all that is worthless -- totally worthless.

Take benzos, do therapy, take antidepressants if necessary. But do something.

This will NOT leave on its own. Spare yourself the sorrow of lost time. Get help NOW and follow the doctor's instructions to the letter.