Re: Derealization
I'd imagine that you equated the derealisation to the medication but in actual fact it was a symptom of physical anxiety.
I have had derealisation/depersonalisation for 8 years now. There are periods when it can be daily and other times it can vanish for months and months at a time.
It really no longer bothers me and when I do get an episode now instead of panicking about it like I did in the early days I now recognise it as a sign that I need to address my stress level as accept it and float through it. In actual fact sometimes I do get a sort perverse pleasure from it as if you don't fear it it can be quite a nice feeling.
As with pretty much all physical anxiety symptoms the key is how we react to them.
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Wake me up with your amphetamine blast
Take me by the collar and throw me out into the world
Rock me gently and send me dreaming of something tender
I was brought here to pay homage
To the beat surrender