[peaceboy23]

So i'm trying to focus outward, but I am having extreme difficulty because it feels like my mind won't grasp onto anything, or I feel all of a sudden like the world is so big or that there is too much to see around me or any of a number of other things...I feel like i'm a stranger in mny own mind...ugh...I'll keep trying...I'm just getting scared I'll never get out of this.

 

[Sojourner]

Sometimes I wonder if all this "trying" accomplishes anything but digging a deeper hole.

How about saying, "It's okay to be this way for a while..."? Have you tried that?

I think the more critical we are of how we feel in the moment, the tighter the knots get and the more trapped we feel.

What would happen if we just stopped criticizing ourselves?

Seriously, what in the world might happen?

Could it be that accepting our feelings will actually be the cure? Are we afraid of being cured?

 

[wadey3]

Sojourner feels therefore she is, she does not have dp but helps others who do.........I know i don't feel, i feel if anything dead, going through the motions, blinded by fog, disconnected, unreal, therefore i am not. I accept it then nothing changes, I am not cured i am still dp'ed....

wade

 

[Sojourner]

"When you change the way you look at things,
the things you look at change."

-- Dr. Wayne Dyer

(Also known as quantum physics.)

 

[Guest]

I think sojourner may be onto something, the general consensus I get from people on here is the best thing to do is IGNORE it, and the more you forget about it, usually by being busy doing other things, the better you get.

 

[peaceboy23]

I think sojourner may be onto something, to an extent. I think the fear of what we may feel creates a worse fear. I know that when I think i'm starting to get dp'd, I fear it and it gets worse. I'm trying ot learn to just breathe through the panic and fear, but it's hard. I had a pretty good day today, i kind of feel like I'm getting reoriented with myself, trying to get comfortable in my skin. Trying not to "force" myself to think or feel anything, let it come with time, and avoiding the "big" issues like death and the meaning of life and all of that. So far today has been better, although I've gotten panicky a few times. Here's hoping for another good day tomorrow, and then another until they're all good days 8)