Depersonalization (DPDR) - Why you don't feel real and how to reconnect
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What does depersonalization feel like for you? 🤔
I feel like I exist, but not as who I am
Super confusing, scary, and lonely :(
I see the human body as oddly shaped and that cats and flowers look so much better. And i feel this most when there are issues with gas/ farting, burping and gross stuff that needs to exit.🙀💐
I just can't look at my hands anymore.. and I just feel.. weird
I am sitting in an audience or public social hangout and I am asking myself am I really sitting here, pinching myself and trying to just live in the moment.
I’m tired of this, everyday gets harder. Stay strong guys.
You got this Oscar, just keep going man we all feel the same way
How do you feel now
How do you feel now ?
I don't know if its my right to say this to you, but i think these experiences that happen to you are not really a negative thing, i think it's gate that open to new exploration possibilities of what we truly are and what reality is, me personally i had this specific experience for a brief moment where i detached from my personality and couldn't "remember" or "reconnect" with it, but i think about it a lot and i honestly think that it's a very unique and special experience to be had, though i do admit that it can be a burden and an obstacle in the social, but again it's a unique individual experience not for the whole society, and cannot be disscussed or be understood by someone who's not personally experiencing, i hope youre doing well oscar, you and anyone who have this "disorder".
Ye it’s progressing for me. It used to be just outside when I’m walking now it’s spreading to when I’m at home and I’m scared it’s going to start in my bedroom and I don’t know if I can live with that
Coming back to this video 4 months later to say that I’ve finally recovered! No more DPDR or existential OCD, I get to live my life again! So thankful to have gone through this because thanks to all of it I’m stronger now. Sending love to anyone currently struggling with this. I know firsthand how scary it feels, but you can absolutely go back to how you were before, just live your life holding hands with your fear and give it space to leave naturally. Thanks for reading this, you are strong enough to handle this.
I'm so proud of youuu!! I hope mine can go away soon
@@kuuurtiscoolthank you, I’m sending you love. It will go away just lean into it and don’t fight it 🙏🏼❤️
Thank you for this comment 💙 have been in an extended episode for months now
plz...me too😢
Happy to hear this congrats 🎉❤.. currently iam suffering from dpdr can u plz suggest me tips and treatment and strategies u used to get out of this asap..
I feel like I've finally found my people.. Does anyone else relate to feeling uneasy and unsteady in crowds. I'm 14 and walking in the school corridors always feels like a dream or like I've just woken up from a coma, I get SO confused and my head starts hurting. I don't recognise my family sometimes and all my teachers think I'm useless since all I do in class is blank out and cry my eyes out. It's like im living but half dead at the same time, know what I mean?
I know exactly what you mean and the family part is so especially hard because those are the people who are supposed be there forever. But you have a life that is completely yours and your family doesn’t define you or even have to be in your life when you’re an adult. Find the people that see you care about you and understand you, those people are your family! And anyone who thinks how well you do in school is related to how smart you are or how well you will do in life is just projecting the same ideas that we’re forced onto them. Were all just living out our time and if you think about it being this self aware can be a gift. Now you can revaluate and cut out the people and things that make you feel not real. There are so many things that will make you love life!! Just try not to dwell on those feelings because it will get very tiring very fast. Hope you’re doing okay❤️
Yeah....idk when did it started but it started and now its been a habbit so now i know im not thr only one hope we all get cured whoever is going through it
It makes me overthink things where I end up asking whether I'm perceiving things in life normal or abnormally. I end up questioning my feelings towards things and the more I think about it the more I end up feeling sick lol. It's kind of like a vicious cycle, but I think over reacting...
It comes from screen time gaming internet and bad diet and garlic is a super food for the brain and other health benefits
Ya ik i feel the samee
I’ve been struggling with this since my early teens. I’ve tried to get help or seek counseling - but most of the therapists turned their back on me when I told them that I can induce these thoughts while thinking of it.
You’re not alone as cheesy as it sounds. You are here, you are real.
i really needed to hear that brother, im loosing my mind...
thank hou
Same bruh it’s scary
i just started crying watching this because i have been dealing with a bad episode for the past week nonstop and i feel like i’m absolutely going insane and i finally feel like i’m not alone 😭
How are you now ?
Im going through this right now and i've been crying non stop
same I'm so sorry and ily
I feel exactly the same, crying my eyes out because I am so tired and in pain. It helps to feel I am not alone.
Same to me but I laugh at it. Just make sure you do what makes you happy. Again get money. Money is a spiritual power that brings people back to the world. Money is power. You ought to have power to overcome anything. Be in the circle that gets money with you. Once you are making more money life changes your brain start to think about another thing and move away from the old thinking. It’s in your brain. It makes you lazy if you fall for the laziness you are gone just keep grinding and make money. Also pray to your God.
I remember when I was 15 explaining to my Doctor I felt like I was in dreamstates. Like I was detatched in my head asking myself if my surroundings were real. It happened everywhere. In fun activities or boring activities. It really happens in live places when I was in an audience. I treat it by acting like I do in a dream when sleeping. I just go forward and live and act in the feeling. I get distracted and it fades and I forget about it. The crazy part is I wasnt professionally diagnosed with OCD until I was 22. When I learned about OCD the feelings and things I experienced my whole life all made sense. OCD is an insane condition. For me its genetic. Runs in my family. My brother has it too.
You sound like an awakened soul as described in some Hindu scriptures!
I’m genuinely crying right now because I feel like I may not actually be going crazy, I’m not dead and I’m not alone..
same bro im not crying but im glad im not going crazy and im not the only person who felt dead im glad im not alone bro
Same here but it still scares me the feeling
@@leonoremireles4817 me too tbh.. but it’ll be ok. Ur not alone and you are safe. It might feel really bad in the moment but you’ll move on
Worrying about going crazy is a "normal" fear for people with ocd. You're not going crazy, I promise.
@@chickadee317 I’ve never been to a psychologist or anything so I don’t know if I have anything but your comment made me so stressed because I think I actually may have it and it’s stressing me out even more. Idk what I should do about all this ngl
One day something just clicked. And for the past two months, I’ve been seeing psychiatrist multiple times, and I was diagnosed with severe anxiety possible panic disorder which was causing bad dp/dr. Every day it’s me versus anxiety. Ever since this started happening, I just don’t feel the same. For me, I will start to feel not real when my body will start to feel very weird. When I’m walking my dog walking in a straight line along the sidewalk focusing to much I’ll feel like I’m floating and I need to stop to breathe. It has totally ruined my semester. It’s hard to go to class now being one of my triggers. Sometimes my vision will go blurry And peoples voices will heighten in my ears.I’ll feel like I have to pass out so I just run away and isolate in those moments. What helps me the most is laughing, playing my favorite songs, breathing, fresh cold air and water. let me know if anybody can relate to this because I feel like mine is very extreme and I’m really sad. I pray every day that this will go away.
How are you getting on now
Dude you are not alone I’m feeling the same way man. And that’s the thing it just clicked one day. This marks the first week and I’m truly in weird state where I feel like I’m in a weird state where I feel like I’m never gonna get better and I’m putting on a act, masking my emotions and I’m really in a sensation where I feel high and not real. My anxiety has been fluctuating where I’m on brinks of panic attacks to feeling back to normal where then I overthink and try to tell my brain to stay like this and all my anxiety come rushing back. I don’t know you but I love you and you’re not alone❤
And this will pass man it may seem like the end of the world but we will beat this I always tell myself I’m strong and I am in control of my mind
The thing that makes the most difference is to make your feelings of DP your friend. I think it is amazing that this feeling is there protecting me when Im stressed or burnt out. Its like my own guardian angel giving me a super power. It is absolutely more than welcome to stay as long as it wants to. I totally misunderstood my friend in the past and was so so frightened but they come and go and are there when I need them the most.... What a friend!!!
Would you say that friend is your soul?
ive had dpdr for almost over a year and a half and ive got to say it does get better, i didnt believe that when everyone was saying it but just focusing on life, going out and setting myself goals and things to do distracted myself enough to push through to where i am now.. its still bad but nowhere near as bad as it originally was and i cant wait for the day i dont have to think about it anymore, stay strong everyone you got this
thank you for saying this, most people don’t have it for years and it’s hard to stay hopeful :)
How are you doing now? ⭐️
3 months into my first experience and now recovery. Seeing improvement already and can't emphasize your points enough. Thank you for sharing.
@@matthewrichards9653how?
How are you now man
i struggle with this along with existential ocd! one min i don't feel real and then the next im freaked out that i am real.
Exactly
do you get apeirophobiac thoughts?
Omg me too. Can I ask you some questions?
bro omfg me
Same
I really don’t know how to not think about it. My brain just automatically thinks about it.
Ong
if you've been dealing with it after a year still, you really just grow used to just doing other stuff to kinda distract it like just having fun. a big tip from me is to grow to be comfortable with doing nothing, thinking about nothing, and having coherent thoughts that make sense and don't have anxiety towards it
@@xkatakuri7777 thank you very much. It has been a year ago since I commented that and i tried focusing on other things the past year, i tried to get my mind off it. It has really helped me and it has made me stable again.
I have watched this video a thousand times and the comfort it's relativity and humor brings is what keeps me going
To anyone reading this, have you felt like you don't recognize yourself in the mirror or in photos? Like it is not you, like if you are seeing someone else, or feeling your image does not reflect how you feel or how you think you look?
And also, have you felt like your memories aren't yours really? And that makes you winder if maybe someone put them there?
are you okay now????
@NickDa.Gr8 yes
Did it go away?
all of the things you said happen to me. How can i change that? the things he said in the video aren't working. I need help
@@m._.m3180 how are you now
I feel this a lot especially when I’m driving. Like I could just close my eyes behind the wheel and not even care.
Damn that’s exactly why I’m here, driving home has been getting wild lately
sounds like your a psychopath to me everytime you step in a car or any sort of vehicle your endangering people fully conscious of knowing your completely out of it and shouldn't be driving if something happened you be going to jail for a very long time
Do it for real dont be scared
@@ijustwanttocomment4389 that's kinda dang
I love this man, he’s helped me through so much, thank you for the work you do it’s so important and makes people going through feel validated and less alone
Been struggling with this form of OCD lately. Thanks for this video it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing! I wish you the best!
From what I've read on the subject, it's because we fear it. Anything we don't like or fear, the brain interprets it as a danger, so it ramps up. I'm learning to just act as normal as possible, don't think fearful thoughts, when strange sensations occur. I'm finding it to be a little better. It will all pass. Try to stay in the moment and don't react to thoughts or sensations. Fear is an emotion and the brain has a filing cabinet. Fear is put in the Fight or Flight folder. We have to retrain the brain that we aren't in danger and it takes a while for the brain to catch up. Anxiety likes attention.
I was watching some adult videos last night , for a second thought about the idea of being with the guy, and I haven’t stopped thinking about wow am I really gay since. It’s now the next afternoon.
It’s like…my ocd won’t let me me flexible on my sexuality, it’s either black or white, and it really doesn’t want me to be gay.
This resulted in me feeling completely lost of my personality and thinking everything about me is a lie.
Now I’m saying it I’m realising how ocd this is, as why would my sexuality being slightly fluid mean everything else is a lie.
@@LucaMuntz just intrusive thoughts mate, nothing to worry about, just accept that its your mind acting up, it'll go away mate, promise
This is the best video on dpdr ive found. Thank you for explaining it so clearly! Saving this to send to friends.
I'm glad I remembered about this channel because it's honestly the only psychological help I can afford. Thank you for still making these videos, they can be really helpful!
I'm so sorry to hear that this is the only therapy you can afford, but I'm glad you're here. I don't know you and I don't know what you're going through, but hang in there, and things WILL get better. I promise :)
@@Kiltoch Thanks mate! Though life can get complicated, it's great to know I'm not alone.
Been searching on and on and this is the most relatable video thanks for educating me in these feelings
Small summary of the tips, for people who want to translate it into their native language. Comment down below if you have other questions!
1. Try to stop controlling it.
2. Just notice it, it will pass.
3. Train the way your brain works, ‘I’m not going to do anything to fight this, and I accept it.’ By doing this your brain learns it.
4. Mindfulness: use the five senses to experience the hear and now.
5. The goal is NOT to get rid of this, but to train your brain. You can learn how to handle this.
OCD may take on different themes, but ultimately this is how you treat it. Not making the thoughts go away but learning to live with them. Eventually as you be with them the brain sees it as other thoughts and lets them come and go and it sees no purpose in perpetuating them for as long
How are you now?
How are you?
I have generalized anxiety disorder and this is the number 1 symptom that I have it’s gotten better but I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster rn 😭
U don’t understand how much this helped me thank you so much.
I love the way you explained this.
I’ve had Derealization 24/7 for 8 years now and it gets better, sadly it doesn’t seem to go away. But I’ve managed to live with it fine for years now. Life is extremely hard and unfair. But you can manage as long as you keep accepting and understanding your DPDR feelings
Right there with you. First thought it was my eyes going bad. After multiple doctors telling me I have 20/20 I had no answers. Everything looks unfocused like my eyes zoned out. Good days bad days good months bad months but it’s been consistent since 2013. Cheers to surviving 🫡
it does go away lol... but you have to work through your traumas in order to show yourself that the dpdr isnt needed anymore as a defense mechanism.
@@Zamoxi is yours gone
@@malachid3107 hey buddy yes. Mine lasted 2 years when I first got it 12 years ago. It did come back again but that was due to insane levels of stress. My body didn’t really have another option. I’m coming out of it now and it’s only been 2 months.
@@Zamoxi how did you work through your trauma
I feel so validated right now 😔 I was stuck in this cycle a while last night, happy I’m finding this video right now, thank you
I’ve been experiencing almost like a non real movie like world including me. It gives me some anxiety but then I think to myself why not enjoy the movie. Then the intrusive thoughts come in and say something like “if that’s the case you can do anything without repercussions” and all I say to the thoughts is “that’s nice” and I carry on with my movie lol
it comes from screen time gaming internet and bad diet and garlic is a super food for the brain and other health benefits
thank you for this, gonna think the same way
@@slv6470 I wish you the best of luck in recovery, much love!
This hits harder than it should probably. I’ve been feeling essentially that I’m living in slow motion or that I’m floating in a lifeless cold ocean. I’ve been trying to find out why I’m getting this. I constantly zone out and don’t feel connected to myself sometimes.
However I do not feel that I am viewing myself from outside my body. I kinda feel that I’m physically there but my mind is just either somewhere alternate completely or that it’s just turned off.
How do you feel now ? Cause I feel that way now
@@yuhf8990 it’s weird. Mostly I’m fine it’s just those moments where I feel like that. I usually get it if I’m stuck in a crowd or there’s a lot going on around me
@@Local_gremlin2009 very relatable but we got this ! I believe in us
@@Local_gremlin2009 it comes from screen time gaming internet and bad diet and garlic is a super food for the brain and other health benefits
This video has opened a realm I was never sure what this feeling was thank you
I feel this now, and have felt it many years before. I feel disconnection from other people, the world, and sometimes myself. I’m becoming more of an introvert as I get older and the more people that I’m around, the worse I feel. No one ever understands how I feel and when I try to explain it, I just get upset because they don’t understand. It’s definitely made me want to consider alternative options to living.
I did not know this had a name! Thank you so much 😊
I love you bro the way put first part just so relatable
Been feeling like this for years, honestly at this point sometimes I feel like nothing's real anymore and when I try to talk with someone about it everyone look at me so confused or they just don't care. I truly hope that people who feels like this gets better, it's horrible.
This is so relatable! I get so frustrated when people don’t even pretend to understand or act like this is nothing. Explaining this to somebody always makes it sound so vague or “not so serious” when In reality it’s such pain constantly feeling like this
@@bodilzetterman7026 I really understand you, every single time I Want to talk about it with someone I feel like you are telling. Good luck with it! Hope you get better.
How are you now?
@@davidudechi4316 under a lot of self provoqued stress so im still feeling depersonalization but going to the gym helps a lot to deal with it honestly
Wait, this helped me so much, THANK YOU I feel a lot better and kinda real now!
I lived with this for long time, and I always thought I was going crazy, the only thing that helped me with it is just accept that I have it and live with it and ignore it, ironically it started fading away and became less and less
Same here its about how u treat it im happy that i went through that because it changed me
@@yassinboubay8947 how its changed you !
@@FazzyBeatzz it changed my way of thinking i thought some people care about me and will stay with me no matter why but instead of supporting me at my lowest they just left me, so i understood that im the only one who can help myself nobody is there for me and im not there for anybody it changed my way of thinking as well
I feel like this now that one day I’ll just snap and go crazy. Is that how you felt?
@@PaolaQuintana-wg4rx yes indeed I still feel like this from time to time I just accepted the fact that if I go crazy I cant do nothing about might as well enjoy being sane for now and deal about that later. Tbh what mostly help me is believing that God wont fail me as long as I have my faith. (Muslim btw) so bottom line just dont worry about it just live your life
One of the creators to whom I subscribed on watching the first video
Thank you so much Nathan❤ really mean it!
Thanks you
I had a bad day and i looked for some help on TH-cam
Found you and I feel better now❤
Wow. My questions have been answered. The previous months I feel really 'weird' because I don't feel like myself. I can't explain it. It's like other me is living it for me. I was like in auto-pilot mode. When I saw a video that resonated what I've been through now I understand. It's Depersonalization.
thank you so much you really helped me calm down
Struggled for this for 2+ years. Slowly starting to get better though!
It's really strange for me. I especially hate it when im at home suddenly everything feels so unfamiliar.. My surroundings feel unfamiliar, not real and strange even tho i know this place for as long as i lived, and the feeling of it not being real just adds up to the panic.
How is everything now, I’m dealing with this also
After a year of numerous stages of derealisation /depersonalisation, I can say that the beeesttt advice how to cope with it is *try to feel it differently, derive pleasure due to the fact that you’re detached from the reality and awful anxiety*. I also like to think that I have an occasion to experience a kind of a free ,,kick” 😂
I like that!
did you cured ?
@@araiq7005 In my opinion - yup❤️ I feel it from time to time (only in correlation with anxiety) but it’s never as strong as it was back than. For me it was necessary to reduce my anxiety and depression (through lots of medications and well done therapy). After this, it naturally dissapeared. It is really worth fighting!!! 💪🏻
@@xanxobn1821 I've been fighting this for 5 years and I'm afraid it's permanent , thank you, I'm so glad you're recovering.
Thanks because I felt like I was out of this world and I couldn’t get back in but now you teach me those. I feel much better now! Thanks! You’re a life saver😂!!
Today I couldn't help but think that the world doesn't feel real, like I'm in some kind of simulation, and/or that I'm not real, like I'm a ghost or something. I knew neither of those things made any logical sense, but I can't help but feel that way sometimes. Most of the time my dissociation feels like my head is wrapped in cotton, or like I'm deep in water and everything around me is muffled. I've also thought that it seems like the world feels like its color and depth are fading. Lately I've been practicing mindfulness and it just makes it worse, my therapist said that has to do with my guilt, that I'm going to have to feel regulated again within myself before I can feel grounded. Anyway those are my thoughts, thanks for the great video.
Could you please do a video about intrusive thoughts that are about feeling physical pain, or being tortured, or having sharp things hurting you or your internal organs hurt (not inflicted by myself) ... And then when you get those intrusive thoughts you cringe and feel sick, feel distress and almost like you're feeling actual pain on your body?
Also intrusive thoughts about disgusting things like feces and such, that you get extremely bothered and disgusted whenever these thoughts intrude themselves
I suffer with this too. The intrusive thoughts are terrible
i feel so diassosiated and disconnected from my existence that I do not even sense the depersonalization happening and once the phase ends I go back to hating myself
You are a godsend. Just brought me out, wow!
it’s 7:28 in the morning and i can’t stop thinking what’s real. this video helped a bit thanks
ive been feeling this too lately! for no good reason at all. I have no mental health disorders sometimes life just feels like as you said this continuous dream
You feel any better? I’m asking bcuz I’m currently going through this
Thank you so much!! I never knew this was a real thing and was even affraid to talk about it. I have been in it for about 11 months. I has caused me to be very depressed. I feel like I am watching a movie of my own life, But I am not exoering it. I did nit know the triggers of the disorder. I thought I was just losing my mind. It has hapoened just a few times before but very breif. It has been constant for about 11 months. I found that if I do focus on some deep breathes and snapoing out I can , But it is very short lived.
Hi! I just added an entire playlist of DPDR videos too! Check them out and hope they help 💜 let me know what you think
Had this for 3 months straight, during time off before starting a new job. I really believed I am stuck in it forever. It went away gradually within a few weeks after I started working. Being occupied, having new experiences in the new job is what saved me. To everyone who struggles right now, you will find your way out❤
i actually need this so much. I used to suffer so bad from this. I literally suffered from this so much. Ok, i think this actually may be the cause of me think everything
Wow. I needed this video so bad ngl. Thanks so much. I really appreciate how u make a video about this and thanks so much for the tips i believe that it's gonna work and if it does I'll reply once it does thanks again.
Lol ik it's too fast after 20 hours of commenting here I am replaying. But I've been feeling rlly bad and the more i remember what he said in video it starts to get less severe. I'm saying that recovery is soon enough i hope no more than a week thanks
I like how you said for weeks. I don't remember if you said months but what you probably didn't want to mention is years to not cause fear in others but let's be real. DP and derealization can last for years!
I've had these episodes since I was a child in the 80's. I never told anyone. It definitely feels like senses are not integrated. I now know it will pass, so I've just try to breathe deep and tell myself it will pass.
One day, after a long and tiring day, I decided to escape to nature for some much-needed relaxation and meditation. The peacefulness of the surroundings instantly calmed my spirit, until something unexpected happened. As I opened my eyes, I found myself surrounded by coyotes! Can you imagine the shock and panic that rushed through me? It was like a sudden jolt that left me speechless and my mind completely blank. I felt disconnected from my body and reality, and even experienced temporary amnesia. I went through DPDR and I couldn't help but question my sanity and worry that I was losing my mind , I honestly thought I was going crazy .. for three nights , I didn’t sleep , I didn’t eat , I didn’t know who I was anymore .. after the third night I started accepting what was happening and stopped fighting it
As a meditation teacher, I've learned the importance of observing my thoughts, feelings, and surroundings without judgment. So, I decided to apply this same approach to my situation. I accepted what was happening to me and stayed connected to my higher self, the universe, and a higher power. And you know what? Over the course of a week, the depersonalization and derealization gradually faded away.
If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, remember to ground yourself. Try tapping on your body, especially on your chakras, to bring yourself back to your body , Exercises like butterfly hugging, barefoot walking, and self-massage can also provide a sense of comfort and grounding. These practices were a huge help for me on my healing journey, and I hope they can be for you too.
I am very thankful what has happened to me , because now I have a deeper appreciation for myself and life .
When you saw coyotes, the body opened freeze protection mode. and after coyote threats are gone, and you are at home, you saw the freeze symptoms as a threat and protection continued.
stopping seeing them as a threat, then freeze closes slowly.
by the way, what did the coyotes do, they didnt hurt you and just gone.
note: there are my views and may not be true.
Ive had this since 09 and i just started getting info and hearing other pplz stories
Iam so grateful for this video .... actually, Iam kind of recovering after seeing your videos.
thank you for making it seem easy to fix..
I’ve been feeling like this since june and so many important things in my life that i haven’t gotten to experience. It also happened back in february when my dog got put down, i didn’t even get to feel it, to feel the sad. It happens so often for me and i hate it.
you say “ and snap i’m back “ that hasn’t happened to me i feel like i’ve been stuck in a dream for weeks
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
hppd gave me a new view on life and everything i know. It is a defense mechanism. Millions of people go through this thing EVERYDAY. You’re not alone and if you got it from drugs it’s the same as getting it from stress or trauma.
It’s good you made this video people need to know just go with the flow and believe that %100 it will go away just don’t fight it
Ughh I am soo frustrated! I constantly have this nagging feeling, but only when I'm alone. I cannot put it into words, and it stresses me out so much. I wish so badly there was a way I could make other people understand exactly what it is I'm thinking/feeling (idek if it's a thought, or a feeling, it feels like both). I thought I found what it was because of this video-- But I realized, this still isn't what I'm feeling. Well, in some ways it is, but not really. What I'm feeling is much more deeper and it's not just about me, it's about everything in the whole universe. It might be religious, idk (I am super religious though).
Try looking up derealization and see if it resonates with you. It might not be what you’re describing but it might be helpful to you.
to the person reading this: you are loved, you are worthy, and you will recover. stay strong everyone, thank you for the videos ❤❤❤
I don’t know what can be more hard and scary than DP-DR!
Ground you're self! Literal grounding meditations! You're soul left you're body because it can't cope at the moment! And thats ok!
very good information
Thank you so much
Radheradhe❤️❤️psychologist counselling for sure helps❤️🙏🏻
Recently I find myself going on autopilot, then I just snap and realize it’s real life. And not a game. It happened before but this will help me get over it again
I love how the best solution for a problem is just to let it be and give up
Let it go🤣
Even for weeks, wow! Have experience this non stop for 17years!
Me too man. From about the age of 15 and im almost 34. It never goes away, i sometimes just forget im actually experiencing it because im bored of the feeling now.
@@Splixee wanna talk somewhere? 👍🏻
@@isac3507 Sure man. How should i contact you?
@@Splixee Don't tell me that ugh lol....11 years here...
Nothing feels real anymore
After 3 years of depersonalization it started after a traumatic experience i was 16 am 19 and i still don't know what happened since then 😊
wow... the 1 person on youtube who have made me feel like this is normal.
thank you thom yorke
I am so disconnected from the world, myself and people. I was at the concert today and I felt almost nothing from it. I didn't feel anything because of social anxiety too. I couldn't relax. I can't relax (dance or sing or just move strangely) because it seems stupid and weird for me. Until I don't get why our bodies do it, I won't be able to relax. I am going super crazy. I feel so depressed and suicidal. I am cynical. I am detached and look upon everybody from above. Well, not upon everybody, I mean upon the crowd and it all starts: we are mortal, we all will die, I am just an organ and nothing more I don't have any control over myself and free will, I don't know who I am and I think about aliens, the Universe and it seems like I try to make it worse by myself. Why? It's not really on purpose... I feel so dangerous. I have these harm scary thoughts on the background and I am so afraid if I'm gonna harm someone or kill someone. I am paranoid and I don't trust myself and anybody and the whole world. I am so lost😭😭😭 It lasts for months already. EVERYDAY. I am getting so anxious because I can't embrace that I am inside of my own body and I can't go to another body like in the fantasy TV-shows like Charmed. Switch bodies. I am so sad because of it. And panicky. It means I'll die and I won't be able to observe the world... What if the world is my hallucination and if I die, the world won't exist. I shouldn't read theories on the Internet. It got stuck in my head😭😭😭 I can't live. I am so afraid of being alive. It scares me. I am afraid of death. And when I am getting super anxious I start telling myself that I'm gonna get a hallucination right now and I am awaiting it. I donn't get them. But when I was falling asleep, I had a yell in my head and before that I was super anxious and thought about hallucinations. I am almost always scared and anxious (I guess). I got that when I felt NOT anxious for a couple of seconds or minutes. I was in a toilet and I felt peace. It's like I was in the storm and the sea waves were super crazy and then it quickly got very calm. It was like I stopped beating myself up and just relaxed. I am so exhausted. Thank u, Nathan for your videos. U calm me down when I feel so horrible and I have no one to run to and who would calm me down. Thanks😭 I hope you are real😂 I am paranoid but I try not to believe in my paranoia. But really, I hope it won't get worse. Maybe I should gain enough courage to go to a psychiatrist again... Actually, I really think it is a side effect of the quitting of the antidepressants😂 I hope so! I had bleeding for months after 4 months, I had a spoiled liver, I have a heart burn almost everyday for maybe a year. I had my hair grown much bigger and thicker on my hand. And after I stopped taking the medicines, after six months I got physical symptoms and now I have mental symptoms too. But other things like the liver damage and heart burn just disappeard and my hair became growing thinner lol! And I stopped bleeding... But I am like in a depersonalization-derealization mode for months already. And super worried. And I am such a coward to see people again. It's like a trigger and I am afraid what if I really kill someone. But being socially isolated is not a good idea too. I think it can make the depersonalization-derealization worse, I guess?
I am so scared. I am exhausted that I am afraid I can do something with myself. I just wish I could be turned off and just don't feel it and don't think about it. Because of those weird feelings (ig) I have more intrusive thoughts. I just so hope that this is not a psychosis or idk. I am afraid of schyzophrenia. I hope I have ocd😭 what should I do. I am afraid of doctors. I don't trust😭😭
I am praying for you. Everything will be okay. Know that you’re not alone and the storms may come but you can recover from this. If you don’t have a relationship with Jesus, please hear this: he is real, and he loves you. If you put your faith in him, he will be your anchor and your rock, and his promise is that we will have eternal life with him when we put our faith in him, and there will be no more pain, and no more trouble. He healed me from anxiety and OCD, but I’m still learning to trust him. In this world, we will have trouble, but it is not in vain. He lets us go through pain so that we may become stronger through it, and develop into our true potential. Praying for you, keep on going! I promise you can recover from this, nothing is too hard for Jesus!
I feel you. This is so me. Im disconnected from society. I cant have fun anymore. All i do is overthink and ive been in a dream state for almost 2 years now. Im almost going to give up and kill myself. I dont think i can do this for the rest of my life. It sucks. I want to connect with ppl and i try to socialize but no matter what intrusive thoughts come and my vibe is off and ppl leave. Im only 22 and i feel like my life is over. I dont see myself living a long life. I just want to start all over. Be reborn again. And feel alive once more.
@@NocheiLuce so true... I even have ideas about that. Don`t give up. I am 20. Oh ( Maybe you have severe stress in ur life? maybe it is covid...
@@NocheiLuce how are you now?
It goes away relax and remember it’s just temporary
I’ve had this going on for a straight year with no relief 😫 it’s so scary and frustrating. I try and just not notice it but it literally stops me from going outside having conversations ect because I get lost in what I was trying to say and everything around me just looks fake.
To me, its like I'm seeing myself in a video game but in first person. It lasts for days. And i feel non connected to myself.
Increasing day by day
Bro thats literaly me right now, you telled exactly what i feel
I've had my first 2 similar experiences this year and until now, i had no idea this was a thing.
Can u make a video about disclosing OCD? I have OCD; worst types of it and I don’t know if i should open about it to my bf/future husband? They won’t understand, even i can’t believe myself sometimes but I feel like I have to tell. I don’t want to tell but if makes me sick. What is the right thing to do?
Hello!! Nate, I'm 15 and ive had DP and a small episode of DR and I've always had OCD ever since I was a child.. but this is weird somewhat.. and they told me to challenge my intrusive thoughts, so my intrusive thoughts would be like “if you don't do this correctly, then you won't get better” and so I do the opposite.. I don't know if it's working or not, but could someone tell me if that's a good way to do it.. yk.. with the “idrgaf” attitude??
i feel like this almost constantly but there is like 2 seconds at random every now and then when i feel like im actually there but then it just dissapers
In my teens and early twenties ive suffered form of pure ocd ,from harm ocd to is my food poison? It never goes away but it hasnt bothered me in nearly a decade but recently i was in the car driving and this subject that video is based on just popped in my head randomly now ive been battling this thought on and off for the past 3 months .what if im not real what if my memories arnt real overloading my brain to the point i feel sense of detachment and dread , i want it to stop now 😂
Yay! I have something like this for months already or so, I am lost in time ahha
i worry mainly about simulations but i never get strong feelings and im never too worried and sometimes i worry if im going to go crazy
It comes from screen time gaming internet and bad diet and garlic is a super food for the brain and other health benefits
I had this a few times I'm fully out of it now but now I have a fear of it happening again so now my OCD has mas me obsess about it and do reparative behaviours to stop it happening again I'm exhausted and it's controlling my life what do I do 😔
This is so scary.
Do you do any tapping sessions? I would like that.
If anyone needs to talk i will be here for them 😊
everybody in here stay hard it’s going to pass inshaaAllah keep me in your prayers
Doing Yoga has DEFINITELY helped me ground myself. I think everyone should look into doing yoga.
It can cause and be worsened by chronic sleep deprivation, but so do all anxiety conditions.
Thank you Harry Kane
It feels like from my eyes I don’t feel real and I stare off into a dark void and I feel stuck :(