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How do you manage to sit with the feeling of Depersonalization without feeling like you are going to snap or forget about everyone you love. I swear I feel like I keep getting lapses in my brain. It’s like I’m stuck in here and I don’t recognize my body. I find myself repeating my family members names in my head so I won’t forget them. This is so scary. I just want to be myself again without feeling so disconnected from myself and others. I also don’t want to invite the idea of having multiple personalities.

jpdrake

Date posted: 2d

I also have depersonalization after doing weed edibles that comes and goes. It’s horrible and I feel your pain. When you feel it bad it’s ok to take a second and breathe. Walks outside really help with depersonalization. If that’s not possible you can always do some grounding techniques like naming things you can see, touch, smell, so on. Also reducing screen time helped me a lot with this one. You got this!

bellag

Date posted: 2d

@jpdrake Thank you so much for the kind advice 🫶🏼. I’m really trying my hardest to overcome. Definitely is horrible and painful. Being outside definitely helps, for sure. And the grounding techniques I do try to do but I find myself getting interrupted, lol. I have experienced this before, also, after weed edibles once, and subsequently as well as with any THC products. So I avoid all of that stuff. I think it’s resurfaced this time because I stopped my medicine and my OCD came back 10 fold, leading my brain to this awful feeling/phenomena. But I feel a little better when I don’t feel so alone in this experience. Thank you again.

jpdrake

Date posted: 2d

@bellag Glad I could help! I also swore off any THC products after my experience. I think they really need to have more warnings for these because I’ve known many people with anxiety/OCD have their condition worsened by them. 🥲 Stopping medication is really hard but you are definitely not alone in this and hoping that over time sitting with the discomfort becomes easier for us both!

bellag

Date posted: 2d

@jpdrake I hope so too ☹️ and I agree that there should be more warnings. I’ve started taking my medicine again because I truly did feel great when I was on it. I got a bit over confident that I would still be okay without it.

jpdrake

Date posted: 2d

@bellag There’s no shame in that! That’s actually great you found a medicine that works for you. We got this!!

bellag

Date posted: 2d

@jpdrake Thank you, yes we got this! 🙏🏼

ebpink 🎀

Date posted: 21h

@bellag I had a horrifying acid trip that triggered my DPDR, so you guys aren’t alone 🥲 I should’ve stayed away from substances after smoking weed cause it made me paranoid or taking edibles that would make it feel like 5 hours went by but it’s only been like 2 minutes 🙃

bellag

Date posted: 21h

@ebpink 🎀 I only remember 1 other time before I ever touched any substance and I was in like the 7th grade I looked in the mirror and didn’t know who I was or who that was in the mirror ☹️ then I experienced it again at 15/16 and then now, I’m 20 😔😔

ebpink 🎀

Date posted: 20h

@bellag Oh no!! That’s so young to be experiencing that, I’m so sorry 😔 I took acid when I was 25 and it went away after about a year, then at the beginning of this year I saw a TikTok someone posted that triggered my DPDR then triggered Existential OCD. We’ve gotten through it before, we can get through it again 🥲 Have you tried somatic exercises? DPDR is nervous system related and somatic therapy teaches your body nervous system regulation and grounding. It’s helped me a lot, it could probably help you too, just gotta be patient and consistent with it! I’ve been doing it daily for 7+ weeks now and I’ve been able to manage my anxiety and panic easier

bellag

Date posted: 18h

@ebpink 🎀 Yes and honestly, it just went away before. Like I don’t know why now is different. I have not tried somatic exercises nor have really heard about it but if it truly helps I’m willing. I’m back taking my medication for my OCD, so, hoping that will help the DPDR subside… and yes we can get through it 🫶🏼🤧

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