[Elliot Palmberg]

So my questions is for people who had this longer. do anyone here who experienced DP/DR 5 years or longer than that, have had an completely shut down of their symptoms at least for couple of hours? And with that, I mean, completely shut down, gone, vanished, you feel your “self” again, your personality, your identity, reality, inside your body, feeling all sensations inside body and feel the time of the day and so on. All of this mentioned, did it come back, all of it, completely all of it, for minimum couple of hours?

So if anyone for example have had this for 10 years but was it with breaks? Or is breaks non existent ??

have all of you indeed have had this 24/7? Every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every month, every year, EVERY FUCKING DECADE? GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, STOP JOKING, makes me sad

You who had this for decades.. I am crying inside for you.. I love you so much

 

[Trith]

Everything probably exists. I have had it since around year 2000, I have had ups and downs of DR but it was always there to a certain extent. I have had long and short episodes of DP, and I think I have had long times without DP, or it was very small.
I think every degree of DPDR probably exists, so there are probably a lot of people for whom it is very bearable or even barely noticeable. Mine makes me feel a bit lifeless, and I feel I am missing stuff in my life. It really is annoying, otherwise I would not be there, but this is definitely not the nightmarish thing that gives people panic attacks any more.
But you concern is appreciated!

edit: well I was DR free for a bit more than 24h when I tried an anti-depressant, and I was DR free for less than a second, just one day as I was on the sidewalk, waiting for friends to come and pick me up.

 

[Elliot Palmberg]

Everything probably exists. I have had it since around year 2000, I have had ups and downs of DR but it was always there to a certain extent. I have had long and short episodes of DP, and I think I have had long times without DP, or it was very small.
I think every degree of DPDR probably exists, so there are probably a lot of people for whom it is very bearable or even barely noticeable. Mine makes me feel a bit lifeless, and I feel I am missing stuff in my life. It really is annoying, otherwise I would not be there, but this is definitely not the nightmarish thing that gives people panic attacks any more.
But you concern is appreciated!

edit: well I was DR free for a bit more than 24h when I tried an anti-depressant, and I was DR free for less than a second, just one day as I was on the sidewalk, waiting for friends to come and pick me up.

Since 2000? Well I was born 2001, and 20 years later in 2021. I got this, not from panic attack, but from alcohol poisoning, Or at least that’s my theory.
But how are you at the moment? Full mode DP and DR ? Or just one of them if that’s possible

 

[Elliot Palmberg]

Everything probably exists. I have had it since around year 2000, I have had ups and downs of DR but it was always there to a certain extent. I have had long and short episodes of DP, and I think I have had long times without DP, or it was very small.
I think every degree of DPDR probably exists, so there are probably a lot of people for whom it is very bearable or even barely noticeable. Mine makes me feel a bit lifeless, and I feel I am missing stuff in my life. It really is annoying, otherwise I would not be there, but this is definitely not the nightmarish thing that gives people panic attacks any more.
But you concern is appreciated!

edit: well I was DR free for a bit more than 24h when I tried an anti-depressant, and I was DR free for less than a second, just one day as I was on the sidewalk, waiting for friends to come and pick me up.

I have this 24/7, both of them, and it feels obsessive, as if my have to force my attention on something else, but every minute, i have a DP dr thought

 

[coolwhip27]

one time I managed to be DP free for a few days. my theory is that it was because I had ended my obsessive thoughts for about that long. “Ended” meaning I put it out of my mind

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

No breaks, 18+ years.

 

[Elliot Palmberg]

one time I managed to be DP free for a few days. my theory is that it was because I had ended my obsessive thoughts for about that long. “Ended” meaning I put it out of my mind

So every symptom I mentioned, were you complete free from? You were 100 % back to reality with your old self complete feeling it?

 

[Elliot Palmberg]

No breaks, 18+ years.

not even seconds flash breaks ?

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

not even seconds flash breaks ?

Yeah sure, I call those "glimpses".

 

[forestx5]

In 1972 I had an EEG. I was only 17, so the neurologist didn't consult with me, rather my mother. My mother told me the results were normal "with one lead off". It was a lie. She had her reasons. 40 years later I had my own EEG done. My neurologist told me my EEG showed significant pathology indicative of a history of epileptic seizure, and that I was disabled. I explained to the neurologist that I knew the pathology was in my dominant temporal lobe. She asked how I knew that, and I explained that I had independently researched my symptoms and came to that conclusion, (I was correct.) I think an EEG typically uses 11 leads. I lived undiagnosed with a "lead off" for 40 years. My illness didn't take any days off.

 

[tikobird]

No breaks, 18+ years.

I've had it for 4 decades. Until I found this forum I didn't know anyone who had it 24/7 like me. Therapists don't have any idea what to do to help you. I've had insomnia for the last 7 years and when I don't sleep I get horrible anxiety because everything looks and feels more unreal and cloudy than ever. It's like I went to hell

 

[ThoughtOnFire]

I've had it for 4 decades. Until I found this forum I didn't know anyone who had it 24/7 like me. Therapists don't have any idea what to do to help you. I've had insomnia for the last 7 years and when I don't sleep I get horrible anxiety because everything looks and feels more unreal and cloudy than ever. It's like I went to hell

Yikes! Yeah I thought I was completely alone in the entire world + history... for the first 6 years and then I found DPSH after hearing the word "Depersonalization" for the first time in 2009. I remember thinking 3 years in that it was an immensely long time for that kind of suffering and torture. And then 5 years in I thought "I'll definitely be recovered in 3 years from now, tops!" Ugh... who knows how much time any of us have with this shit :/

 

[leminaseri]

Yikes! Yeah I thought I was completely alone in the entire world + history... for the first 6 years and then I found DPSH after hearing the word "Depersonalization" for the first time in 2009. I remember thinking 3 years in that it was an immensely long time for that kind of suffering and torture. And then 5 years in I thought "I'll definitely be recovered in 3 years from now, tops!" Ugh... who knows how much time any of us have with this shit :/

i will one day for sure forget this shit. i will recover so 100% that i will forget the term dp. just like once i did