D/Personalisation

[Meg]

Jan , here you go..

First Steps : First Steps to overcoming Panic and Anxiety

Depersonalization: D/Personalisation
derealisation/depersonlisation
Hi new member mom w/ panic and dp/dr
Disassociation
http://www.depersonalization.info/main.html

You can get through this by taking good care of yourself and taking it one step at a time.

Please do post a bit more about yourself in introductions as then we can get an idea about the background to your symptoms.
We're flying blind with this post as have nothing to relate it to so canot tailor the responses correctly


Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

Watch your thoughts, they become your words...
Watch your words, they become your actions... Watch your actions, they become your habits... Watch your habits, they become your character... Watch your character, it becomes your destiny...

[Jan]

Hi Meg

Have done intro sorry very new and groping around blind.

Jan

Janine

[nomorepanic]

Jan - you will find your way round soon enough.

Seen your intro post now and replied.

Nicola

[Meg]

That great Jan , You're doing just fine.
Its is daunting when you're new



Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

Watch your thoughts, they become your words...
Watch your words, they become your actions... Watch your actions, they become your habits... Watch your habits, they become your character... Watch your character, it becomes your destiny...

[Meg]

Jude ,

Hope I didn't overload you on the phone earlier ..you've lots to go at .

Let me know how you're doing

[Jan]

Meg

Thanks for the info. Will teach me to read all info given. Feeling so awful at the moment and everyone seems really friendly. Just wish I felt with it so that I could function. Have you had many people who just cant get to grips with time and things??


Janine

[Jan]

Jude
you sound as if you are coping so well. I feel like such a fool. Have you had it to the point that you dont feel anything at all. No feelings for anything. The psychiatrist said that I know the fact of the day but not the feeling. I cannot see anything its as if I dont understand what time is all about anymore. Can you give me any advice??



Janine

[jude]

Meg,

Thank you so much for the phone call. You dont know how much it helped me.
I have wrote down everything you told me so I wont forget.
I am going to buy my vits, yogurts and a stock of ginger ale today.
Please let me know as soon as the fruit and nut mix is ready to buy!

Jude x

[jude]

Hi Jan,

I fely exactly the same as you up until only a couple of weeks ago. Only the help and support I found here have helped me.

The only advice I can give you is that to reduce the DP feelings we have to look after our physical health and reduce our anxiety levels.
The only way I could do this was by reading the posts and asking people here for help, and thank god, they helped me.
Firstly I had to convince myself that this was just anxiety. I have only recently managed to do this.....I still have my doubts occasionally!
Once I accepted this, I could relax a little.
I have DP almost constantly. Learning not to allow myself to panic over it was the first step. This reduces anxiety and therefor adrenalin levels.
Many people here have had DP, and have now recovered. I honestly believe that it will go away one day.
Im here if you need me, as is everyone else.
Take care
Jude x

[Jan]

Hi Jude
Thanks so much for the info. It still is freaking me out as I have had it so long. My obsession is that I have no feelings about the days and hence dont know one day to the next. I cant chronologically list things as time means nothing. Have you had this or known anyone who has. The psychiatrist tells me its that I don't have the feeling to associate with the day. It is scaring the hell out of me and I feel like I am losing my mind slowly. Sorry to be a bore and go on but this is really worrying me. The psych just said look at it as an inconveniance. Ha ok for him to say!!


Janine