Have you ever experienced depersonalization-derealization episodes?

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Hey folks lately I’ve been experiencing it. And I just like to hear from you if you ever experienced depersonalization-derealization episodes as well.

Mayoclinic description is pretty accurate to what it actually is.

Some people claimed in the past that meds can cause it as well as depression or ptsd. I’d like to hear from you and your personal insights. Maybe methods how to overcome it. Distraction? Time? Or anything else.

Thanks.

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I experience dissociation and derealization when i am out and see people about, they seem like they are acting and performing. It makes me wonder who they really are where am I, why only i see this performance.

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I used to believe that I didn’t have a body at all but was a laser on a computer dvd in a spaceship designed to deliver the devil to fire lake taking 2000 years. it was terrifying…It took me a few years after being stable on meds to overcome the beliefs I had while psychotic…

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This must be very hard and frightening, so sorry to hear this folks @Kxev @jukebox

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thanks man…I wrote a book about my mental journey…the first thirty pages of it are on the home page of this forum. under “schizophrenia success stories”…it’s called OUT OF IT. hope it helps.

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It is distressing, makes it hard to be out, hard to interact with people.

I don’t know what causes it or how to overcome it.

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I found walking or being in familiar environment is actually good for me. Stay well, I hope you can bring this to your psychiatrist and fet to the bottom of it.

Thanks for sharing @jukebox I’m going to try and find it since on mobile phone I’m little bit lost with the navigation.

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I get dissociative episodes on a weekly basis… I have got them since 2017 and I still have no idea how to help myself when this episode happens. I just shut down and it’s extremely hard to act on a normal world, I forget and get confused, I don’t pay attention to traffic and once I was nearly hit by a car because I was walking in the street and didn’t pay attention to traffic. It was super scary.

My doc says this is how my Sz manifests and that it happens because of this illness. I don’t think my doctor realizes how horrible these episodes are, and that’s why we have never tried anything to prevent these episodes from happening. Like medication or something like that.

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So sorry to hear it @nimeton it’s very scary, experience but please stay strong. I’m finding staying active and socializing actually helps.

Mayoclinic also recommends therapy as form of coping mechanism. I hope you can bring this to your pdoc and get to the bottom of it asap. Take care.

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Yes after smoking THC I’ve had this off and on for years.

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Very often i have these episodes

Now i have a big “nothing is real”
feeling that never goes away

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