Robin thank you so much for doing this work, I’ve been trying to get better but all of the mental health professionals out here don’t even know what dpdr or existential OCD even is!!! The only information I can get is from online. I went to a mental hospital today and all they had was inpatient services 😩. It seems I’d have to let this get to a crisis stage before I’d actually get any help but out here where I live being hospitalized in one of those places would probably make it worse 😢. Can’t thank you enough for your work, Thankyou! 🙏
Hey robin, i’ve basically watched all of your videos and they really have helped me out. The problem is im still dealing with existential thoughts, and my fear is that they’ll never leave. One of my biggest worries is finding out about buddhism and basically thinking that there’s no point in enjoying anything if it’s all going to cause me suffering. Did you ever have thoughts like this and if you did, how did you overcome them? Thank you for all your insight :)
Oh my gosh! I had the exact same thing! I felt like I had to be into Buddhism to heal but it only frightened me more and made me upset with life and myself! Glad I’m not the only one. I treated it like all the other thoughts and just let it be there without engaging in it. I found it was hard because I was looking at it from a point of fear. But what I think is that all Budhism wants is to decrease your suffering, in whatever form that may be.
@@frankiel9879 Hi also suffering from DPDR here and I had an issue with this as well. I think Buddist enjoy pleasure, they enjoy life, they simply understand that enjoyment , like pain and suffering, is impermanent, they do not cling to it.
1) Just because you found out about Buddhism, doesn't make it automatically true. 2) Buddhism isn't true. It fails to explain the ultimate reality. Scripturally and Logically. 3) You don't need to fear about something that's not the real case.
@@macduncan9107I find the Buddhism fear comes up occasionally because I listen to a lot of podcasts and videos, but often I get a bit OCD about it, trying to feel better, but like the existential thoughts, going into it doesn’t make it better.
Nice video! One thing I don’t get with recovery: Do the symptoms go away and then you stop thinking about it? I find it difficult to understand how you can forget about this topic when you still have the symptoms. I've read a lot of success stories where people say "yes, and at some point I noticed that I hadn't thought about DPDR for two weeks" but how does that work when you still have symptoms, like intrusive thoughts or something? Do the symptoms slowly go away and then you stop thinking about it all?
I would say I’m 90% recovered and Ive come to terms with the fact that it will take a while before the intrusive thoughts will go away or be a lot less frequent. Once you start to see some relief which for me happened after I started to be proactive and try to live my life regardless of the feelings being there the thoughts become less and less frequent and quieter and quieter however they are still there. Exercise and getting enough sleep is what really helped me start to see improvement in the dpdr symptoms (not the thoughts) which makes the thoughts less scary and anxiety inducing. The people that say “they had forgot about dpdr” would have been recovering for months until that point and would have been back to living their lives for quite some time. As you said yes the symptoms and thoughts do fade and become less important however “forgetting” takes time and cannot be done quickly. Have faith that it will all come together and get out and live your life because constantly ruminating on it is what slows recovery down.
I just wanted to add that, when you are recovered (and you will recover❤), you won't even care about the answer to that question. Also, whenever you reencounter trauma after recovery, you'll be infinitely more suited to deal with it and bounve back to health.
@@ca7582 yes I now that when I am recovered I will not think about it anymore.. but I am not recovered but I am feeling better and I am motivated.. I am going out with family and friends and I am trying to do other things.. things that I would do without dpdr.. I stopped watching videos or reading posts the whole day.. but the thoughts are still there.. I can’t sit there with my friends and enjoy the time like if dpdr is not there because it al still feels fake and the intrusive thoughts are still there.. so I tell myself all the time “it’s okay it’s just dpdr, it’s just anxiety” so I wondered when I will enjoy going out without having symptoms.. because just without having symptoms I can forget about dpdr.. I don’t know how I can explain.. my English is also not so good.. but like I wonder if with time if I remind myself it’s just anxiety etc.. if the symptoms go away so I can start not thinking about it anymore and really enjoy the time outside
@@ca7582 Yes, I know what you mean... but I'm still in the middle of it... I'm already going out with friends again and trying to carry on with my life as best I can, but the symptoms are still there... these feelings of unreality and intrusive thoughts... I keep telling myself that it's just DPDR, that it will go away, etc. But the symptoms are still there... I'm just wondering if one day I'll be able to sit there with my friends and not have to keep telling myself "your friends are real, it's all real, it's just DPDR" do you know what I mean? I just want to know if I'm on the right path or if I'm doing something wrong...
Hi guys! Today I made a compilation of some of my favorite clips of past recovery interviews. Hope you enjoy! 😘
I rewatch this video any time I start to doubt, thank you Robin
Robin thank you so much for doing this work, I’ve been trying to get better but all of the mental health professionals out here don’t even know what dpdr or existential OCD even is!!! The only information I can get is from online. I went to a mental hospital today and all they had was inpatient services 😩. It seems I’d have to let this get to a crisis stage before I’d actually get any help but out here where I live being hospitalized in one of those places would probably make it worse 😢. Can’t thank you enough for your work, Thankyou! 🙏
Robin this is the CUTEST video!!!! 🥺🥺🥺
Oh thanks 😁 glad you liked it ❤️
Hey robin, i’ve basically watched all of your videos and they really have helped me out. The problem is im still dealing with existential thoughts, and my fear is that they’ll never leave. One of my biggest worries is finding out about buddhism and basically thinking that there’s no point in enjoying anything if it’s all going to cause me suffering. Did you ever have thoughts like this and if you did, how did you overcome them? Thank you for all your insight :)
Oh my gosh! I had the exact same thing! I felt like I had to be into Buddhism to heal but it only frightened me more and made me upset with life and myself! Glad I’m not the only one. I treated it like all the other thoughts and just let it be there without engaging in it. I found it was hard because I was looking at it from a point of fear. But what I think is that all Budhism wants is to decrease your suffering, in whatever form that may be.
@@frankiel9879 Hi also suffering from DPDR here and I had an issue with this as well. I think Buddist enjoy pleasure, they enjoy life, they simply understand that enjoyment , like pain and suffering, is impermanent, they do not cling to it.
1) Just because you found out about Buddhism, doesn't make it automatically true.
2) Buddhism isn't true. It fails to explain the ultimate reality. Scripturally and Logically.
3) You don't need to fear about something that's not the real case.
@@macduncan9107I find the Buddhism fear comes up occasionally because I listen to a lot of podcasts and videos, but often I get a bit OCD about it, trying to feel better, but like the existential thoughts, going into it doesn’t make it better.
Nice video! One thing I don’t get with recovery: Do the symptoms go away and then you stop thinking about it? I find it difficult to understand how you can forget about this topic when you still have the symptoms. I've read a lot of success stories where people say "yes, and at some point I noticed that I hadn't thought about DPDR for two weeks" but how does that work when you still have symptoms, like intrusive thoughts or something? Do the symptoms slowly go away and then you stop thinking about it all?
I would say I’m 90% recovered and Ive come to terms with the fact that it will take a while before the intrusive thoughts will go away or be a lot less frequent. Once you start to see some relief which for me happened after I started to be proactive and try to live my life regardless of the feelings being there the thoughts become less and less frequent and quieter and quieter however they are still there. Exercise and getting enough sleep is what really helped me start to see improvement in the dpdr symptoms (not the thoughts) which makes the thoughts less scary and anxiety inducing. The people that say “they had forgot about dpdr” would have been recovering for months until that point and would have been back to living their lives for quite some time. As you said yes the symptoms and thoughts do fade and become less important however “forgetting” takes time and cannot be done quickly. Have faith that it will all come together and get out and live your life because constantly ruminating on it is what slows recovery down.
@@AdamJohnson-nb9dl thank you!!
I just wanted to add that, when you are recovered (and you will recover❤), you won't even care about the answer to that question.
Also, whenever you reencounter trauma after recovery, you'll be infinitely more suited to deal with it and bounve back to health.
@@ca7582 yes I now that when I am recovered I will not think about it anymore.. but I am not recovered but I am feeling better and I am motivated.. I am going out with family and friends and I am trying to do other things.. things that I would do without dpdr.. I stopped watching videos or reading posts the whole day.. but the thoughts are still there.. I can’t sit there with my friends and enjoy the time like if dpdr is not there because it al still feels fake and the intrusive thoughts are still there.. so I tell myself all the time “it’s okay it’s just dpdr, it’s just anxiety” so I wondered when I will enjoy going out without having symptoms.. because just without having symptoms I can forget about dpdr.. I don’t know how I can explain.. my English is also not so good.. but like I wonder if with time if I remind myself it’s just anxiety etc.. if the symptoms go away so I can start not thinking about it anymore and really enjoy the time outside
@@ca7582 Yes, I know what you mean... but I'm still in the middle of it... I'm already going out with friends again and trying to carry on with my life as best I can, but the symptoms are still there... these feelings of unreality and intrusive thoughts... I keep telling myself that it's just DPDR, that it will go away, etc. But the symptoms are still there... I'm just wondering if one day I'll be able to sit there with my friends and not have to keep telling myself "your friends are real, it's all real, it's just DPDR" do you know what I mean? I just want to know if I'm on the right path or if I'm doing something wrong...