Re: Terrifying Depersonalization/Derealization
I'm going thru it RIGHT NOW. Agreed, vicious circle, thinking about it in depth only makes it worse, and can cause me to panic. The only thing that helps is ignoring it, and keeping busy. Yes, sleep too helps, but makes it worse because waking up is hard because in my sleep i'm totaly fine, then wake up and BAM there's that feeling again. I'm gonna push thru it and not let it take over me!
Re: Terrifying Depersonalization/Derealization
I know this is such an old post but is there anymore advice? Is anyone better? I hate this :( :(
Re: Terrifying Depersonalization/Derealization
I have had this for quite some time now however last week and the week before that I was making real progress with it and it was all but gone. This was due to simply accepting it and moving on with whatever I was doing whether it was there or not. It was incredibly hard. This week after slipping back into bad habits of not enough sleep etc it came back. I think I basically tried to run before I could walk. I thought 'yeah I feel better so now I can do what I want' but that was a mistake. I am beginning to accept it again now as simply anxiety as that is really all it is.
Re: Terrifying Depersonalization/Derealization
Sarahjosephine and rchippex, how do you find it affects you? Do you have existential type thoughts all the time? I think how we are all just atoms and dwell on that and I analyse everything and think life is all so incredible how can it be real