Peter's Depersonalization Recovery Story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- 02:48 DPDR from a Panic Attack
06:08 "You don't understand, I don't feel real"
06:59 DPDR Forums
09:16 "I wanted a quick fix"
11:46 DPDR will control you, if you allow it to
13:44 The 1st Panic Attack
15:07 Like being stuck in the scariest movie ever
16:03 The Worst DPDR Symptoms / Existential Thoughts
17:20 Dealing with Depression
21:14 "In your 20s you're meant to be having fun"
24:00 How do I switch DPDR off?
25:23 You have to take the 1st step
27:12 "I wanted people to feel sympathetic"
28:11 Peter's lowest point
35:51 How Peter's DPDR recovery started
39:54 Putting a date on your recovery
43:33 "I can't recover because my life is stressful"
45:22 What does DPDR recovery FEEL like?
46:31 How was The DP Manual helpful?
47:55 Life after DPDR
49:50 Can you REALLY get back to normal?
50:46 I need to understand DPDR to recover from it
53:33 You DO understand DPDR!
57:43 Anxiety trying on different T-Shirts :)
58:52 Peter's advice for people with DPDR
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Peter Dunn (29) is from Scotland in the UK. Starting in 2018 after a panic attack, Peter had a crippling experience with Depersonalization Disorder, which badly affected his ability to work and socialize. It lasted for 4 + 1/2 years.
Peter also had a baby daughter in the middle of his experience with DPDR. He worried that he couldn't make an emotional connection with her, and as he said to me during a coaching session, 'I want to get out of this for her sake.'
Thankfully, Peter has since made a complete recovery, and in this brand new interview he tells me all about his experience with and recovery from Depersonalization Disorder!
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Disclaimer: Please note that the medical information contained within this video is not intended as a substitute for consultation with a professional physician and is not a recommendation of specific therapies.
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Hello I have a question I just purchase the dp Manuel I want to know now what do I do do I wait for three the mail.or how can I get in my phone
@@christianfarias9602 Thanks for purchasing The DP Manual! 😊If you can't see your email download link, check your junk mail folder. If you still can't see it drop me a line and I'll send a fresh copy right over 😊
Thanks for having me on Shaun! What you’re doing is amazing and helping so many people. All the best! 😎
It was so great to feature you on the channel Peter, thank you for sharing your story! 😊
Switch over from Cocomelon to Bluey! 😂😂😂
@@brittneywelch2186 haha I’ll give it a try 😂
@peter__94 hi Peter I’m curious if you ever dealt with fear of Solipsism? I’m going on over 7 months of it all and it was triggered by a panic attack from a video on the simulation theory, obviously went into other existential theories and questions from there but solipsism seems to be the hardest to get past.
please keep making these videos❤❤ they give me so much relief knowing im not the only one goin through this
There's more on the way, stay tuned 😊
Fantastic recovery story!
i don't even know what i'm doing through any more, my OCD intrusive thoughts have gotten so bad, like went rock bottom, felt better for some time, then to a different rock bottom just now - but these videos help me so much. it helps to see common thoughts people have during this, but also different ones that not all may have :) i can't afford your manual rn but these videos are useful. thank you so much for dedicating your time for this. you are a great host as well and the videos are easy to follow. if i recover one day i will comment an update,
Hey, can i pm you somewhere about these intrusive thoughts, mine are real bad atm too
Hey Man, I really can recommend to you Barry McDonaghs Book "DARE" or his App which is also called DARE. It helps with all anxiety based symptoms such as intrusive thoughts. Anyhow, don't loose faith. It will get better. It's just anxiety.
If you get intrusive thoughts, don't get hung up on them. Let them come, even more, invite them to come. And then allow and accept them. Don't fight it. Do this for 2-3 minutes. Then accept that they will be there with you for a while. Now just keep doing what you do. Really distract yourself by engaging with an activity. And work out. Work out every single day, don't skip it. Afterwards take a cold shower. And keep socialising. Big hug, you'll get through it.
Hey Shaun, I also think I have what are probably thoughts and feeling of dpdr and I visited a psychiatrist who asked me to get my MRI done. I got my MRI report and gave it to him and he interpreted the report and said that I have a neurological problem name hydrocephalus which is causing dpdr. What do now? I am already suffering badly from symptoms and now this, I am so afraid, sad, and depressed. Should I get a second opinion? Can this diagnosis be wrong? Because my dpdr was triggered one day suddenly out of nowhere some months ago without any prior symptoms. How can that problem show up suddenly?
Hi Shaun, I'm listening to your manual for weeks now and Yesterday I had a terryfimg episode of vertigos that is.still not disappeared yet. I've been struggling with DPDR for almost 2 years and since then I am always a little dizzy but not to the point that the world is spinning around and around even with Eyes closed...today slightly better but I am still terrified...in your opinion is it a normal thing?
Shaun, I am from India and I need the dp manual all products in hindi language. Are all products of dp manual available in hindi language ? Because I don't understand English fully
Hey is it normal that after weed depersonalisation, i am better after now, feeling of not being real is gone, i can feel that im real, but i am still detached from my feelings. Like i know how i feel or how i should feel but i just cant feel it. Its hard to describe, is this normal in depersonalisation? Please answer thank you very much
I’m going to buy this DP manual very soon. I absolutely need it to work or I may not make it. And I don’t even want to say that because I loved life before all of this. I just waited to long to get my life in order. I’m only 28. I was going to try to be a nutritionist. I had goals and a purpose but slacked a little to much because I thought I had time. This anxiety/guilt is eating me alive now. I have had multiple panic attacks everyday for 5 months straight. I can’t hardly take it anymore. I’m seeing medical professionals/therapy and everything I can do. I can’t work because of this. My family is struggling with illness. Dad is about to die. Stress is at 100. I already have meniers disease on top of all this and was figuring out how to control it through diet and excercise and was just getting my life together. But then i had a bad drug experience with prescribed medication/weed together that triggered DPDR because of a stupid injury I could have prevented that was giving me a lot of pain and panic attacks. And I would have been fine if I didn’t mix most likely. Everything was my fault. My mind runs 100 mph at all times. I can’t relax. The pressure is real and I can’t seem to control the anxiety unless I drink. Anxiety meds don’t work for me I tried them with other bad side effects. It’s all on how I can control my mind and I’m failing. Please god don’t let this be it. Please god I hope this manual saves my life. I watch these videos daily and they do help.
Please.bro I hope we heal we don't deserve this like why
@@teresaroberts4578 I agree. It still hasn’t gotten any better. I’m suicidal everyday. I wish I could go back. I feel no joy from the many things I used to love. Life is a gift and I threw it in the trash.
I tried to take my mind off of depersonalization today by reading a webcomic that I’ve been putting off for a while, but there was an intense scene of characters blaming eachother and not trusting eachother and it already got dark and was pretty interesting but for some reason I just couldn’t handle it, like at all. This whole complex regarding human behavior suddenly not making sense and getting existential thoughts about violence and death are really getting to me right now. I feel like I can’t escape into, well, escapism. I do think that one of my meds is partially the cause. Since I have t experienced memory flashbacks and weird trauma until I was put back on it. I’m scared that I’ve turned my favorite things into traumatic triggers, that I’ll never be able to engage with media in the same way again. I’m going to contact my NP about potentially stopping one of my meds because I feel like I’ve been worse since I’ve been on it. With bad/confusing memory flashbacks and further cognitive decline that I wasn’t seeing before. It was just the fear of losing myself, the fear of becoming another person, and the fear of never finding my interests again, plus a bit of existential fear. Nothing to the extent of what I feel like I’m going through right now.
Hi Shaun, I bought the manual two months ago and I am currently in the process of recovery. While I do believe I am getting better, every once in a while I have a streak of bad days, and when I begin to feel despair I come back to these videos or the DP manual and usually this helps me a lot in relieving the fear of never getting back to normal. Do you think this is a bad practice? Should I avoid seeking this reasurrance in the same way I avoid researching the condition?
This becomes an OCD like compulsion and keeps the cycle going.
@@XHEADTOWALLX That's exactly my worry. I've been doing it less and less as my mood generally improves but I still feel a compulsion to do it once in a while and I don't know if the relief is worth it.
Great question! So I think it depends on where you are in your recovery process. If you're just finding out what DPDR is, they can be a great explainer and reminder that you can and will recover. If you're closer towards recovery and have understood and internalized what the condition is (as I explain in The DP Manual), you can probably start referring to them less and less. In general what I'd suggest is that you can use them as positive reinforcement, but you should be aiming to use them less and less over time. And what you *always* want to avoid is going down TH-cam / Google research rabbitholes. Hope that helps!
Hello shawn , i am suffering from dpdr from last 7 months but that time i am living with the moderate symptoms of dpdr but slowly slowly my symptoms has been increasing day by day i think everthink i see is unreal totalty everything i see is an unique creature. I think I don’t have any memory, i think I don’t understand any conversation, i think I will not speak clearly as i spoke freely before this dpdr , i think i am having hallucinations, i forget what is reality , please shawn reply this ehat is this and how to recover and get my life normal , i think i will not recover and and up my life as crazy😭
Don't worry, you're not going crazy. Read this carefully: www.dpmanual.com/articles/depersonalization-three-reasons-youre-not-going-crazy-2/
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR.
hey shaun..its been 9 months for me with dpdr... it was sooo bad in the beginning i had no hope.that i literally asked my parents to bring me poison so that i can end the suffering.BUt now i feel so much better.i feel less unreal, less panicky,.. its like i dont even care about the dpdr that much now ... Please tell me am i going to recover soon?
Hey, thanks for your comment. Firstly, please make sure that you’re speaking to your parents about what’s happening. It’s very important that they know what’s going on. Secondly, I know DPDR can be frightening but remember that it's just your body and brain's natural response to stress and anxiety. It's not permanent and it can't hurt you. You can and will recover. Make sure to read through all the info and articles on my website at www.dpmanual.com
And yes, it does sound like you're making progress in your recovery, read this for more info: www.dpmanual.com/articles/what-does-depersonalization-recovery-feel-like/
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR 👍
Shaun I have a weirdly specific question. Sometimes I feel like when I had my panic attack and this started, that maybe I died and am now living in hell. I know that this is a crazy thought but sometimes things will happen in my day and will trigger me back to this thought. Should I be concerned that I’m losing my view on reality or is this just a normal part of dpdr?
Don't be concerned, this was my thought pattern at the beginning, it will change as your mind adapts and returns to it original patterns.
Don’t worry Jordan, existential / intrusive thoughts like that are super common with DPDR. I know they can be frustrating and frightening but they are also temporary and harmless and will fade away and stop as your recovery continues 😊 www.dpmanual.com/articles/depersonalization-fears-and-anxious-thoughts/
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR.
Sean, I have DP/DR, I’m working with it, but I have severe nausea that knocks me down. Is this normal for anxiety or dp/dr? The nausea is very strong and I'm losing weight
Feelings of nausea are very common with DPDR and other anxiety-based conditions: www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/anxiety-nausea
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR.
Sean, thanks for your response! Tell me, have you experienced nausea?
I think you need to get your MRI done because nausea could be related to some neurological problem with the brain the symptom of which is dpdr.
We would love to see a collaboration between you and Jordan hardgrave since he went through the same and was able to conquer
I have had derealization for a while now, I’ve had it 24/7 and it’s been worse or better at times and sometimes I have 5 panic attacks a day or sometimes I’ll go a month without one, but the thing that worries me most is I don’t see anyone talking about how bad it makes your vision, in the day time the visual snow stuff and after images and colors and stuff aren’t as bad, but in darkness at night I’m dang near blind without light because of all the static, I don’t know if this is vss or just the symptoms from derealization, Ik it causes static in vision in stuff but I never hear people talk about how bad it is at night, anyone else have this or does anyone know if it’s vss and derealization or just derealization.
It's different for Everyone but the vision is the primary thing for me too but light is worse than darkness in my personal experience
the sameee!! I recovered from dp a year ago.. now due to a very stressful period is back, but the main symptom is a mild visual snow I say mild because during the day its barely noticeable I notice it when i stare particular surfaces as white walls or solid color.. but when i close my eyes and in the night time when I'm at home its so bad... hope it will go away because i never had it before or maybe i didnt notice it.. sorry for my english, how are you now?
how are you now? your vision is back to normal?
Shaun, I want to buy dp manual please tell how to buy this
You can purchase and download the entire DP Manual package instantly here 😊www.dpmanual.com/purchase/
My 14 year old has this for 1.5 years now. 😢 Any advice please for a young person going through this. About 2 weeks ago she started asking me to take here to the park. Before this she would not even leave our home. She says she’s scared, when asked why she cannot give a reason. It’s been tough.
Hey, thanks for your comment and I'm sorry to hear your daughter's been having a difficult time. I know DPDR can be scary but just remember that it’s a natural reaction to stress and anxiety, and people experience it all the time. The National Institute on Mental Illness estimates that up to 75% of people experience at least one depersonalization / derealization episode in their lives. It's part of your brain's natural defence mechanism and usually it only lasts a few seconds or minutes at a time. It's only when it's focused on as a separate problem (feeling like you're going crazy / in a dream etc) that it can turn into a feedback loop with the anxiety that caused it in the first place. But no matter what caused it or how long you've had it, you can always switch it off completely by stopping that anxious feedback loop. Make sure to carefully read through all the articles and info on my website at www.dpmanual.com and my book The Depersonalization Manual.
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR 👍
I find it difficult to stop cring about DP and living as if I don't have it. What to do?
Hey, thanks for your comment 😊 I know DPDR can be scary but just remember that it’s a natural reaction to stress and anxiety, and people experience it all the time. The National Institute on Mental Illness estimates that up to 75% of people experience at least one depersonalization / derealization episode in their lives. It's part of your brain's natural defence mechanism and usually it only lasts a few seconds or minutes at a time. It's only when it's focused on as a separate problem (feeling like you're going crazy / in a dream etc) that it can turn into a feedback loop with the anxiety that caused it in the first place. But no matter what caused it or how long you've had it, you can always switch it off completely by stopping that anxious feedback loop. Make sure to carefully read through all the articles and info on my website at www.dpmanual.com and my book The Depersonalization Manual.
And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR 👍
How do we fight it
Head over to my website at www.dpmanual.com, there’s tons of info and tips on DPDR recovery there 😊
Shaun, I would really love to have someone on here who actually has DEPERSONALISATION, because all your interviews I've seen are very similar, and more derealisation right>? The ones I've seen are always about not feeling real, things not feeling real, places not feeling real. I am really really looking for a successtory from someone who just feels real but is more in depersonalisation: lost their sense of identity, like they can't feel love, or fear, they feel real but completely numb.
Are there such stories? Because I am almost starting to doubt if I have dpdr because all the successtories are so similar with objects not feeling real and places not feeling real....but I hardly ever hear about the feeling detached from feeling for people and memories. Maybe it's because I actually don't even feel that bad of anxiety...i just feel detached...
Don't worry, the fear that "my symptoms are different" is very common with DPDR 😊
Please watch this: th-cam.com/video/Qy3DAFDBY30/w-d-xo.html
And read this: www.dpmanual.com/articles/depersonalization-and-derealization-whats-the-difference/
And this:
www.dpmanual.com/articles/depersonalization-without-anxiety/
many feel like you.
Don’t worry I had exactly your symptoms and I’m recovered now xx
@@jemimahxoxo oh thats so good to hear!! You can feel love again? I don’t know how to work on my dpdr because i feel no anxiety…i did before dpdr. So i dont know what to work on…
It's probably because you are stuck in freeze mode. Learning to nurture and care for your nervous system is what brings you out of it! DPDR can come from built up anxiety over time so you may not feel anxious now but it's still had an affect and it will take a while for dpdr to fade and come out of that response@@nvb455
Hi Shaun,
I am suffering DPDR for the second time and have a really strange symptom whch I am not too sure if its DPDR or not. Basically I keep having this feeling of snapping back into the moment but I'm met with this feeling that even tho I remember what I did before i snapped back into the moment, it felt like it was all on autopilot and my body and mouth just took over and I was mentally checked out, but then i snap back and am like wtf, I remember saying all that but it feels like my body just did it without me thinking about it. Its so strange and I am terrified, i have your book and am going to read it, but is this DP do you think?
what triggered your dpdr the second time.?? did you smoke weed again?
@@mars__4 hey, no the first time round was triggeted by smoking weed but i think that was just the straw that broke the camels back as i was already depressed due to my circumstances at the time. This time round has been due to an anxiety disorder and frequent panic attacks. I havent touched weed in years.
@@jorgeouz this is exactly it. For example, today I went for a house viewing of a house I’m looking to move to. After the viewing, I got back in the car and felt like I’d been on autopilot the entire time and then autopilot switched off as soon as I’d left the viewing. Almost as if situations where I’m speaking to someone trigger it. Maybe it’s a social phobia thing. This ever happened to you??