Disconnected From Reality? This Might Be Why
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2022
- There it is again, that funny feeling. What exactly is Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder? How does it change your world?
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What Is Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder?
Have you ever felt like you were living in a dream? Or like your surroundings seemed artificial? Or like objects were distorted in terms of their distance, size, and shape? If so, you may have been experiencing an episode of derealization, or maybe you’ve felt like an outside observer of your own body and thoughts. Or not in control of your speech. Or like your arms and legs were too big or too small. These are symptoms of depersonalization.
Together, they make up the components of depersonalization-derealization disorder., This falls into the family of dissociative disorders, where there is a disruption or a breakdown of awareness, consciousness, or memory. With derealization, the disconnection is with your environment, while with depersonalization, the disconnection is with your thoughts or body. But a key aspect of this disorder is that you know these feelings of detachment aren’t real, which is what separates it from psychosis. Passing episodes of derealization or depersonalization are pretty common. A 2001 study found that in just one year, 19% of the 1000 participants had experienced an episode of depersonalization and 14% experienced an episode of derealization.
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Are there any other disorders you want us to talk about? 🧠🤔
Thank you to everyone who suggested this video! I know it's a rare disorder, but it's really important to talk about. These sorts of disorders can be debilitating. Definitely be there for someone who's going through this. 💙 Be nice in the comments.
Instead of "which kind of disorder", why not common misconceptions about different disorders both rare and common.
Autism.
Maybe ADHD?
Munchausen syndrome, and/or munchausen syndrome by proxy
If you haven't already, could you do a video on ADHD, I've don a test on ADHD but as the NHS in England is all over the place right now, it's going to take ages to get a result for it.
When i was super depressed i locked myself alone for weeks and when i looked into the mirror i didn't recognize myself and i felt like i was living inside someone's body, my arms felt like too long and too light. Took me months to get back to normal
I'm glad you're here with us. 💙
@@lifenoggin :)
stay positive, that sounds scary
I'm so sorry abt tht
do u feel better now?
life can be so wild, glad you’re still here 💜💜
I feel like this a lot because it’s one of the many issues that comes with my disability. Most people think I’m really crazy or just being dramatic. It’s really really sad because some of my best friends don’t believe this is a real thing I experience and every time it happens it’s very terrifying. Even thought I had to deal with this my whole life, it still scares the hell out of me every time it happens.
I'm really sorry that's happening to you and that the people in your life don't believe you. What you're going through is unimaginably tough. I hope it gets a little easier for you one day. 💙
dude you deserve better friends
@@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 The really really difficult times were during my sophomore and senior year. Let’s just say those people who have bullied/teased me are not my friends anymore… for good reason too!!
I feel you. Can’t doubt other peoples mental state when they speak it. Never again. If I make it… I’ll listen. This is just terrible. I hope you have someone there… not wanting to help or fix you… just someone you enjoy who is simply there.
Idk if this is true for you, but a difficulty I’ve found trying to discuss this with people, is either you can describe as KNOWING what’s real but FEELING like nothing is and it’s either a nonissue that doesn’t exist and you’re just being weird, OR they think you’re schitzoaffected/psychotic and Nope right out
Has made it real hard to be more open and honest about it.
Not to mention how long I fought against saying any of it out loud for fear it would make those feelings of unreality True somehow
Man I've never really noticed that I've had plenty of derealization moments in my life.
They're not really anxiety inducing or stressing but it's just a surreal experience.
I had depersonalizations, like I question why am I, me
I think I've had it but I dont know why. Especially since I've never been through anything traumatic
*gasp* me too
Yeah same everything seems to going in slow motion or seems to speed up or you feel like you’re dreaming even though you are not. It’s very surreal
@bluehawk56 Yeah I have experienced something like that before as well it’s very strange
I’ve actually had episodes of sorts where it feels like someone else is speaking from my mouth, and I didn’t know what it was. So now I have an idea of what might’ve caused those episodes. And I got diagnosed with depressions last year, so that might be why
sometimes I just start speaking into a mirror whatever words are in my head I dont think at all before and its like my subconscious is talking to me maybe Im fuckin crazy but yea I relate
but tbf 99% of the time i do this im high lmao
@@itstalo dude omg I haven’t been able to describe this. It’s literally like words just coke out of my mouth and I’m not able to really think. Or at least I don’t feel like I’m thinking
I used to experience depersonalization alot in highschool. I have anxiety and autism and had been looking into those at the time so I assumed it was part of that. It was freaky but I had trouble putting it into words so I didn't talk about it. The best way I can describe it is the scenes in doctor strange when characters get pushed out of their bodies. It felt like I was literally a few steps behind myself when I was walking through the halls to my next classes. Happens occasionally now but not as frequently. Still startling though
I’m autistic too (and suspect that i might have some form of anxiety). I sometimes feel like wow look those are my hands, I have hands weird. Like I’m hyper aware I have a body but I feel a little bit separate from it, like I’m just observing it but still technically in it. I’ve also felt like my environment seems dull/unreal when I’m in a really loud, new or uncomfortable situation.
@@ConfusedBean777 Hey I found my people! I’m autistic as well, have had anxiety as long as I can remember, and have been depressed recently. I’ve had derealization disorder for a little over a year now with these same experiences! Luckily it only happens maybe once every other month now, but It’s good to know that I’m not the only person going through this.
I'm not autistic.
Autism and ADHD seem like they do contribute to a lower level of integration between the conscious mind and the rest of the body and mind. Like I will frequently ask myself what the flip I just thought and why I just did something. It's like my body mainly acts on its own and I'm just an advisor directing or but without direct control.
one time I was in gym class when I suffered an anxiety attack, I was walking out of the locker room and I blacked out and collapsed on the floor, I felt a bump on my head, and then I saw my own body, I felt the sensation of waking up from a dream, I felt my soul lifting up into some other plane of existence, when I hear my own voice yell at me, it said in an aggressive voice, "THIS IS NOT A DREAM, YOU NEED TO WAKE UP!", then I woke up and gasped for air, everything around me felt fake, everything looked slightly different, my shorts were a different shade of blue, some people looked slightly shorter, and then the gym teacher walked up to me and told me to get a drink of water, I then went to the locker room and grabbed my water bottle, I dumped it directly on my face, then when the water hit me I felt like everything was normal again, everything looked back to normal, i asked my friends how long I was gone for and they said like 25 seconds, they said they didn't see me breathe the whole time, I don't understand what happened that day but its stuck with me ever since.
I’m happy you’re spreading awareness about this!!! I’ve been experiencing derealization for 8 years because of my ptsd😩 therapy has been the best help for me (and meds)
stay strong sydney
Hope your doing okay
Try cannabis! I can help you find a great strain that perfectly suits what you go through, it's like an antidepressant that won't negatively impact your health or alter your mind to the point where youre a whole different person. People try one type of cannabis and assume it's all the same when they're all super different, can help a ton with a situation like yours
I can say I’m truly blessed. I have been meditating and I can say it made me really grasp reality. It seems not everyone will overcome their inner feelings(trauma) and I swear going through change spiritually I was feeling peoples intentions and seeing peoples kids side. We are not this body most folks aren’t aware of our brain power or soul and I don’t truly think they’ll ever be schools about the soul(consciousness,spirituality)
what meds are you on
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I’ve experienced both depersonalization and derealization at different points in my life, I never knew there was a name for it until now. When I was younger I would experience depersonalization and it would feel like I was living in someone else’s body and when I would look in the mirror I felt like I was looking at someone else. I only started experiencing derealization after my parents divorced and I started having very vivid dreams and when I was awake I sometimes experienced derealization and was unsure if I was dreaming at the moment and what I had dreamt the night before was reality or if I had even woken up and I was still in the dream. I kind of knew I was awake but the dreams felt so real and life felt so fake that the lines got blurred sometimes. Now that I’m in my late 20s I rarely experience either of the two but when I get really stressed out I can sometimes feel myself slipping into depersonalization at times.
Wow I've experienced something very very similar. I've never heard anyone else describe it though. You might look into something called oneirophrenia Googles definitely is-
"a state where a person becomes confused about the distinction between reality and dream as if he or she were living in a dream state."
So how do one solve that?
I’ve experienced Derealization many times since I was about 13 (I’m 22 now for reference). I get it especially bad during panic attacks or if I forget to take my medications. It’s such a horrible, panic inducing feeling when it’s paired with anxiety and depression.
So glad that I know what this is now. I’ve been dealing with derealization episodes since the beginning of last year. I have them about once every other month. This video explains it PERFECTLY! I know what’s happening, I know it’s not real, and I know how to stop it but I feel like I can’t. It usually happens if I think deeply about life itself, I start questioning if things are real, if we’re in a simulation, or if IM even real. It also sometimes happens when I get super stressed and am just in my room by myself. I think those are the only triggers I have. It’s a pain to live with, but I just have to ignore it and go about my life. When I’m around other people I don’t usually have it, but when I’m by myself and it hits, it’s the weirdest and craziest feeling.
I understand what you’re saying clearly. Maybe when you’re distracted it doesn’t come up? I need something to keep me busy, do you feel similar?
@@Choungie Yes! If I’m cleaning up or even playing a game I never have it! If I’m just sitting around doing nothing or watching a movie, especially while I’m stressed, then it happens.
This might sound weird but if I look at the clouds or stars to much it triggers this. Or if I start thinking about God or death.
@@tylerjohnson6696 Nope I completely understand. It’s really just things that are hard for our minds to understand so we panic and start questioning our own consciousness, it also happens when i think about crazy concepts like infinity and the universe, along with God and death. It’s hard to suppress but we just have to try our hardest to ignore these feelings and make the most of our lives.
I get that so much, I have the same “triggers”, if that’s the word. If I go too deep into thought, suddenly my arms are way too long and I feel like I’m in third-person (I don’t know how else to describe it)
This used to happen to me as a kid. I had to think of my family to "bring myself back" to reality. It's nice to put a name to it.
Really? How did that bring you back? What did you think?
Hello! I had a couple episodes of derealization when I was in a worse place in my life. I am doing much better now and am recovering with professional help but I wanted to thank this channel for making and posting this video. It really helps me feel much less scared of what I went through
These videos makes our days better
I used to get these A LOT before I was diagnosed with depression and ocd back in highschool, it’s gotten better since being on antidepressants and getting away from the person who was causing me trauma. Also I feel like also having adhd can play a part in it too. The brain is just wild.
Thank you for this video, it makes me not feel so crazy or alone.
The brain is a complex and fragile thing
I've experienced derealization many times. One time, during a match with my friends, I suddenly felt like I wasnt in control of my body, or like I was watching some sort of first person movie. The feeling was so strong that I had stopped playing and just walked around the house.
why is this so relatable
I also experience that during anxiety attacks
This happend to me just in a dream,I was in first person,second person and third person all at the same time!
I have some episodes from time to time, and although I'm not officially diagnosed, I know what this is. When I have them, the following week is weird and followed by anxiety and I always think about visiting a doctor. But after that week I'm back again and only have them in the space of months
Thank you for spreading awareness about this I have been in a dissociative episode for 6 months and it is caused by anxiety in my case its really nice to see that others are experiencing what I am
When I was younger I used to have this feeling that everything was moving super fast, sounds and everything around me. Later in my life I found it was called tachysensia. I feel like that would be an interesting thing to talk about
Woah, I'm definitely going to look into this further. Thanks for sharing!
I often get depersonalization when high, at first it was really strange but I always understood that I was still in control, even if it didn't feel like it. Although the feeling of your mind being unshakled from reality, free to roam wherever, is kinda weird at times.
I have a very chaotic brain and experiencing depersonalitazion, or weed in general, makes my trains of thought very concise. But I wouldn't wanna be stoned all the time because I spend a lot more time thinking than doing when I am.
Something else I noticed is that my problem solving speed is greatly reduced because I think more slowly and linear when high/depersonalized. Usually yeilding a good solution, but if the approach is flawed it is really hard to start thinking about other solutions with different approaches.
On the other hand when sober, I don't really think about solving a problem, different approaches just pop in and out of existance very quickly and I have to pick out the "best" solution, which is a blessing and a curse. The sober solutions vary from really simple and effective, to super overcomplicated.
Because of this I don't smoke daily but more weekly, usually on friday evenings.
Sorry this has turned into one huge tangent, but I feel like this could be interesting, so I'll post it anyways. Thanks for reading.
Yes finally! There’s a video on this that gives this more recognition I’ve felt stuck with this for ages and I felt like there was NOTHING on this on the internet. I even searched up “why do I feel like I’m dreaming” and there were no search results classifying what it was I was suffering from. Luckily I saw an Instagram post describing what it was so I could finally put a name to it but I still didn’t know how to treat it 😖. So thank you Life Noggin, although I still don’t understand what my trigger is/was or why I constantly feel like I’m derealising and so detached from my external environment but hopefully it goes away someday ❤️ xx
I've had this issue since I was a kid and it usually gets triggered around crowds due to the over stimulation :( it makes me feel like I'm not real and nothing around me is either, it feels like a dream and after the experience my memory of it becomes foggy
I had that experience for 5 months straight, it was really hard and difficult to understand (my psychologist at that time called me crazy and said I was having a psychosis and I was going to live in a asylum). I had to learn with myself what was happening and why I was getting trigger. I trying lots of stuff and I can say cbd, yoga, meditation let me to have space to understand and after a year I’m able to leave my life without this disorder and even when I’m close to that feeling I can manage to not have a loop or a episode. Thank you so much for the video, because I can’t never find anyone who understands and this is a feeling of how normal I am and it’s just a normal thing that can actually happen to any person
I’ve struggled with what I think are depersonalization episodes all of my life. I’ve always described it as “feeling like I’m watching myself through a movie/video game”, which of course not many people understood.
oh yeah when I experienced it for about half a year it felt exactly that, but the worst one I had was when nothing felt real at all, even nothingness wasn't real, and I sucked, walking to school everyday everything felt like it all blurred together too and was an endless cycle
I hope you get better my guy
@@aleenaryk9317 how did you get over it?
@@dropwafflez honestly? Either I'm not sure or I don't remember, but I think like going outside talking to people and all pretty much helped, and actually having friends, that's all I can tell ya
this feels like a massive callout lmao- i've experienced several episodes of both lasting from hours to weeks, up to even a few months. at first it was terrifying and confusing but i've gotten used to it lately. it still feels strange but i understand what's going on now and why its happening, in my case its typically anxiety or depression.
yeah i've gotten used to them, for me it usually lasts for either an hour or a couple days
for me it randomly happens, isn't panic inducing, it just feels weird
I have derealization 24/7 & I function like any other person. I still have the sensations but I put them aside. I know there won’t be a cure for me because I didn’t go through anything traumatic. I was just phasing from reality to dream world and got stuck in the dream. Meditation and music really helps me stay relax so it doesn’t overpower my mind and reality. I was depressed as well and that made it worse, however with mindfulness practices I feel great 😊!
Glad u found a way to deal with it...you are a strong person .. I have it 24/7 too ... Years passed but I also found ways to deal with it ...
I used to have it 24/7 even though I didn't think I went through anything traumatic. Turns out it's really common in trans people lol transitioning helped me get out of depersonalisation
Mine was after a really bad trip, might have been salvia, might have been laced weed. All I know is that I didn’t leave my house for a month strait and going outside made me feel like my vision was wrong in a sense. It’s as if I just never felt right. Still have episodes nowadays but I learned to handle them a lot more. For some reason I’ve found sunglasses or cupping my eyes like binoculars helps a lot when I’m disassociating or loosing touch with reality. The biggest problem is always the fact I don’t want to tell people what’s going on so I act like it’s ok because in an inappropriate scenario I feel weird telling people “oh yea I just don’t feel like this is real and my vision makes me feel like everything I’ve ever seen is wrong”
In 2020 during quarantine since I was isolated for so long I had a severe anxiety attack and it sparked a bunch of these episodes for around a year, I am now fine and I haven’t had a anxiety attack in a good month this helped me understand what I was experiencing better god bless y’all
0:26 that right there reminded me of a fever dream i had. Limbs too big and too small at the same time, pulsating between
I experience derealization due to a huge amount of traumatic experiences.
And many are extremely weird.
I have issues with Earth that kinda are the cause
do you have a therapist? if not you should see one
@@therealkayr15 no i don't. Kinda can't see one
@@sarahskileth6925 there are online therapists and I believe you can be anonymous on some platforms. Some are even text therapy. I prefer in person but the online ones may be better for your situation!
@@Sam_Wilson i doubt that works.... Unfortunately I'm someone who has never opened up to someone after being hurt from opening up to someone else
@@sarahskileth6925 watch Jordan Hardgrave he’s helped me tons with dpdr
at first it felt nice, i was alone, detatched, and happy. but my whole life is an "episode" and im just watching it
I've started researching DID this video is a great help thank you
I’ve had this happen often and knowing there’s other people who have gone through it really helps calm me down. A lot of the times I have moments where nothing around me feels real and it feels like I’m dreaming and that I’m not fully in control of my own actions even though I clearly am (haven’t done anything stupid I promise lol) and when I’d ask others if they’ve ever gone through that they look at me like I’m insane, and to be fair I thought I sounded insane too. I began to wonder if there was something wrong with me, but being able to identify it and know others have gone through it really helps calm me. Thank you so much :D (And for anyone who might know someone who’s shown signs of this, maybe help em out and send them this video or give them info on this, it’ll help them a lot if they don’t know what it is :) )
I am that somebody. How can I help myself? 😭 It's so scary when it happens i just think I'm dying and my heart rate even reaches 140
@@cryinsquirrel I’ve felt that too, I start to get an anxiety attack during it. Know it doesn’t control you, you have the power to overcome it and remind yourself everything is fine you’re real you’re here you’re in control. Something I do is start naming object around me, like tv sister soda can etc. Helps bring me back. I don’t know if you have any believes, but as a Christian prayer helps me a lot too :D asking for peace and reminder that everything’s ok. If it becomes too much though don’t be afraid to seek a professional, there’s no shame in that at all : ) I hope this helps! And remember, you’ll be ok when you go through it, others struggle with it too and are ok, so remember you’ll be ok too and will overcome it. Be praying for you!
This video made me feel funny... weird
Love the Bo references! ^-^
I can tell this video is gonna make me happy dude, I love when people spread awareness of things we have. (We have dissociative identity disorder the video isn't about it, but it includes this stuff. We go through depersonalization more than derealization.) -Macaque
Remember ya'll are not alone. There are people that love you for who you are,even in your worst stages of life. There are people that know your struggle and you will get help.not in a way that you talk to a doctor and everything is fine,but life will somehow push you out of your misery when the time comes.accept what you can't change anymore. trust the process,trust in life. you will make it
I experience derealization and depersonalization episodes several times a year, typically at the same time, ranging from a few days to over a week, and usually moderate to very intense. I know it's not real, but my mind won't accept that. It's scary when no one around you understands what it feels like. I've been incredibly lucky to have a psychiatrist who works with my bipolar and dissociative disorders. It's been a real game changer and I hope others who experience these issues are able to get the help they deserve.
Same here, I've been having these episodes for years now along with other symptoms. The get worse when I go through my manic phases or under high stress. But it sends me into a flight or fight mode (I've got much better a treating that though) Typically episodes that are caused by high stress last for 5 hours or more.
I’ve been going through this since 2019 and just today realized there other people that go through it. Thank you.
When I stopped taking my meds, I fell into an deep, dark, depression and I felt like there was a dark fog all around me and I was outside of myself looking in. It was so strange.
When I was 12, I experience sudden derealization in the middle of class, I was like observing what everyone is doing and everything feel so high. I shake my hands and I feel like I'm not in my body anymore. I was so scared that my classmate who is beside me, calling my name and I snap out of reality.
It was scary experience and feels like your dead and just observing alive people with deceased people.
Woah this topic is just perfect reference for my book. I always wonder how bad it has to be to relive life over and over again but no one remembers you. I know depression and madness would be key ingredient for it but I always felt it is missing something.
This sure is helpful
This was SO informative, I didn't even know that this was a disorder!
Someone is actually talking about this! Thank you! It's hard to explain this to people, I'm one of the rarer cases of chronic DPDR. I've been dealing with it for years.
In my younger days when I was very tired my depth perception would go all wonky. It would look as though objects were 10 times further away than they actually were and everything seemed much smaller. Logically I knew they were close but my perception was wrong, it was so hard to describe to anyone. I'm glad I saw this video.
I had a really bad case of derealization when I transferred to another college. I went days and days feeling detached from the world. I called my parents and they told me I was having a growth spurt. It made me feel even less connected to my surrounding. I almost went to the doctor because I started to believe I was going to be like that forever.
Depersonilazition and (sometimes) derealization happens nearly everyday to me....it used to scare me but after a few hospitalizations I managed to control the fear it caused and now it's a pretty interesting aspect of my personality I find. It comes in handy at my job which is Kennel Teching so I'm around alot of loud noises, crazy temps and (sometimes) dangerous animals. I find it helpful to be able to 'jump out of my senses' and third person things. Though it does still have it's pitfalls when it comes to me being able to socialize efficiently.
I've had both 24/7 for years now, I don't fear it anymore, it's just really depressing, and annoying
This is quite an interesting video, every once in a while for 10-20ish seconds I feel like a spectator of myself, like in a first person view of someone playing life
Sometimes I just look at myself in the mirror and move around, and just think
"wow, i'm a real person" and get so surprised
I lost my mum in 2022, so last year as of typing this. I had my parents separate and then divorce when I was little (5 and 9 respectively). At first I was diagnosed with anxiety but as of losing mum last year, I feel disconnected from my body and my mind. And it only gets worse some days. I don't want to exist most days, and when I had first lost her, I had wanted to commit, well, not alive because I didn't, and honestly still don't, want to live in a world without her.
I know words alone won't help you.and we can't imagine the pain you went trough. but when i lost loved ones, i looked at it in a way that they are still here,in your mind and heart. they left their footprints for the next generations.they did what they were here for. just like everyone has a purpose here on earth. and i strongly believe in meeting again,maybe not in our old bodies. i can be wrong, but maybe this can motivate you to be strong.
@@braxnjacksonjack7147 Thank you. Your words made me feel a bit lighter.
Thank you so much for making this episode Iv struggled with this for years and It feels so unreal that it’s been going on this long. Thanks again 🫶🏼
I've had this for about 4 years now - just constantly, not episodes
Is that Niko from Corridor Digital?
Also, I've experienced this and went through treatment for it. Mine was depression induced so medication helped (wellbutrin).
This is the best explanation for it I've seen. The biggest issue is not being aware of the vocab for it. You feel crazy until you hear these words and learn that it's a KNOWN thing.
Your video is explanatory in a comforting way.
so often I’m always questioning my existence and thinking sooo deeply into how I even got here and I don’t feel real or in control of my life most days 😅 really trippy
An interesting topic to maybe make a video about it HSP's (highly sensitive people)
They have a more sensitive nervous system and lack certain information filters in the brain, which roughly means that the things their senses pick up are progressed differently in their brains
It's pretty common (15-20% of people) but it's not talked about enough and it's very misunderstood
Very interesting! I'll look into it. Thank you for sharing! 💙
I think I'm an HSP because there was one video on Psych2go about them that I related to, and I notice a lot more things than other people, and I have times where I think very vividly about things, but I could be wrong.
HSP seems to me like a term for people with sensory difficulty/hyper-empathy due to asperger’s
From what I can tell, "Highly Sensitive Person" is just a euphemistic term to refer to an autistic person. Because people think we can't have empathy, so someone with hyperempathy most be something else, when really hyperempathy is likely _more_ common in the autistic community than a lack of empathy.
@@angeldude101 While there is a lot of similarities between autism and hsp, there are actual differences. The way I described it here is far from all there is to say about hsp. I'm not an expert, but if you're interested, I'm sure you can find more answers online
Ugh, I don't have the disorder but when I was younger I have experienced a few episodes of derealization... it's horrible, it always made me super scared.
The one that I can get from memory is when I was looking at a piano keyboard, as it happened multiple times... it's like the distance between things don't make sense anymore, weird sensation that I could not figure out the reach of my hands and arms, the size of the keys, the distance of things, etc. As I couldn't figure out, it was kinda like it was changing and kinda floating around... getting closer or further away without control.
I think it was a side effect of anxiety and stress. These episodes plus stuff like recurring nightmares and a few other things stopped happening as I got older and worked on my anxiety.
So yeah, if you have these types of problems, look for help. :D You'll find people who'll know what you are talking about, and might be able to help. o/
I received a diagnosis for this very recently and my advice, especially if you're young would be to stay away from dissociative drugs such as ketamine
First video I've ever seen say not to say that the person doesn't have it, great advice because most people won't even think if the person has it they'll just blow it off like that stuff isn't even real.
I suffer from Depersonalisation/Derealisation (DPDR) and it has had a devastating effect on me. I lived with my mother for years, while I saved to buy a house. At the time I thought I was doing well. I wanted a 'nice' house and was happy to save up for it while I lived with my mum, whose health was deteriorating. I met a lady who lives 30 miles away and started dating her. I used to cycle from my work (near my home) to hers every weekend. I stayed at hers and we went to church together and had mutual friends.
When my mum died, I needed to leave her house quickly so that it could be sold. I could have bought somewhere, but wasn't sure whether to buy near my work or near my girlfriend. She invited me to live with her, so I did. I bought a car so that I could commute each day and things were great. A few months later, I received an inheritance from my mum. I was overwhelmed by what I could afford. There was so much choice. At about the same time, I found out that my job was probably going to move to 5 miles from my girlfriend's home. But I wasn't sure. I liked where I worked. I enjoyed my job and the company of my colleagues and was apprehensive about my job moving. In any case, if/when my job moved, it wouldn't be 'my' job, as the company taking us over would have already employed someone doing 'my' job, so my employer would have to find me another job. I tentatively looked at houses online, worrying that they might be in the 'wrong' location and didn't view any. I had the attitude that 'I have my savings and inheritance in place, all I need to do is wait to find out where I should buy'.
Then covid swept the world. People were paying silly money houses they wouldn't normally have bought and they hadn't even viewed. I couldn't face the idea of that, or the bidding wars, so thought I would wait for the chaos to ease. It was during that time that I found out that my job was moving, but my new job was really unsuitable. I was priced out of the market in the local area, so continued to save, thinking I could 'catch up', but of course, that was never going to happen.
Eventually, my girlfriend dumped me, making me homeless. Rents had skyrocketed, purchase prices had increased by about 40% since I inherited. I couldn't understand what had happened.
What's really frustrating is that while I was living with my girlfriend, I remember saying to our neighbour (and before covid), that 'house prices are higher than they've ever been, but they're probably lower than they'll ever be again'. When the tax on house purchases was scrapped during covid, I said to my girlfriend's father 'that will make house prices increase', yet I didn't listen to myself. I made no effort to buy one. I was blind to the fact that prices were increasing all the time. Before I met my girlfriend, I offered £215k for a house, which was rejected. A few years later, I viewed one that was for sale for £275k, thinking I was doing well to be able to afford that much, when I could only afford £215k a few years ago. But I failed to realise that the house I had made the offer on was actually worth more than £275k when I viewed the £275k house!
I have been so out of touch with reality and being homeless when I could have afforded a lovely home a few years ago has made me so depressed. I've lost my chance to have children, my ex is too old to have children, which is all she lived for, and made that quite clear at the beginning of our relationship that lasted over 8 years. I'm in a job that I hate, I've managed to buy a house in a town where I don't want to live, 30 miles from my friends. It's also frustrating because 'my' job at the 'new' location was advertised before covid, but I didn't apply for it as I was apprehensive about changing work location (even though it was near to where I was living). There are no jobs in the town where I live and my life is a real mess. I've messed up my ex's life as well, which really upsets me more than anything.
I was just so blind and out of touch with reality, thinking I was 'saving up to buy us a nice house', when prices were increasing by more than I was saving.
I dissociate a lot due to the soup that is all my mental illnesses/disorders. Most of the time it's uncontrollable but sometimes at night I can trigger it to help me fall asleep but making my body feel like its growing bigger than my room and floating away. Is weirdly relaxing
These 3 minute videos teach me more than a 6 hour day at school
I have gone through this many times. When it's happening, I can hardly even think. I struggle to just tell my friends what I'm going through. And even then, they always say "You're fine, you're just overreacting about something."
I battled this super hard when my ocd and anxiety were intense in quarantine
I hope you saved lives with this video
I kinda experience this. Not in a large sense, but often I feel like I'm not controlling what I do and my own body can seem off. I can't remember faces at all. Like imagine a person's face. Now change the sizes of all their feautres, mix it with other people's features, add more and remove other features. It can also happen to places I'm in, like things can look like they're the wrong size, or that they've never been there. It's really wierd but I learnt that a wierd coping mechanism for this is art. And there is one face I remember, the face of my girlfriend, and I haven't seen her in over a month.
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Not seen this chanel in a while, noggin/10
I went through this for a few weeks and it usually comes back when I get a panic attack or when I think about it
thank you for talking about this, i got diagnosed with this after I didn’t react well to an edible and it started to develop slowly to where i feel it all the time. it’s been difficult trying to get treatment in my area.
i had an episode of derealization when i was walkin up the road, it was so surreal and felt like everything was fake
Not sure if thus counts or nor, but when I was in high-school, I had a dream that felt like it lasted for weeks. In this dream I was grown up, I was raising kids with a beautiful spouse, I had a job I loved, and it was paradise. Then I woke up. I spent the next day and a half feeling like an outsider walking through thus world before I got used to it again, and I didn't feel like myself for the next few either. I just slowly became more and more myself walking through school, seeing friends and thinking, "oh yeah, that person exists." As far as stress levels, it was early high school, so I was always stressed, but nothing in particular was going on that week. I did have some anxiety issues back then so that may have been a cause, but this was after I slayed most of those demons.
Woah I’ve been feeling like this but I didn’t realize it was serious
I just came here while it was made!
Oh s*** I got that, I thought it just had to do with my crazy personality. Thanks dude
I could not find this dude for years and now I found him he was one of my fav yt
I go through stuff like this (often only to a slight degree) any time I get sick, or have a fever
for me personally its very common during one of my depressive episodes, most of the time when i was outside my comfort zone (like going outside or taking a shower or something) i would feel like everything was fake or 2d, or even more commonly, like i was looking at a movie replay of my life. it wasnt a disorder but likely a coping mechanism or a symptom of the depression i had fallen into, even now i still feel depersonalized often.
edit: after doing some research i think depressed people commonly feel this way because depersonalization is a fairly common symptom of anxiety and/or depression.
Are you sure you dont have vitamin D Deficiency
@@evilgamerisLIT i didnt eat a lot, so maybe yeah, eating definitely helped, but only mildly, i still felt the same after eating a lot
@@evilgamerisLIT ohhh then that makes a lot more sense, i got very little sunlight, only from my window, it couldve been taht yeah
@@mountaindew9921 actually vitamin D doesn't go through glass i think it gets filtered out
@@evilgamerisLIT i see, i only go outside when i really need to, i workout and do everything inside, so yeah that definitely contributed probably. i wouldnt say it was a cause since now i take this medicine that helps a lot, i feel like this much less often
It’s pretty much how I feel at work, at school, or just out in public in general, I’d feel like I’m in the body of someone much more petite than me who is rather shy and has a hard time speaking, I am not petite, and my friends can tell you that I’m pretty friendly and outgoing with them, yet out in public, it just feels like I’m in someone else’s body, sometimes I’m able to snap back into control, but that’s only for a few seconds before I end up feeling like I’m kicked out of the body I thought was mine, I’ve tried to get it diagnosed, but everyone in my family thinks I’m just trying to ‘fit in with current society’ whenever I tell them about it and it hurts that they’d even think that what I’m going through is just ‘me trying to fit in with the current society’
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Total disassociation, fully out your mind
Googling derealization, hating what you find
omfg there is a word for that, let alone its recognized by medical community, heck yes. Now I can actually properly mention it to my doc instead of the vague feeling abstractness that I've tried before.. which gets muddy with my other health.. I have PTSD (non military, s-assault related), have been learning how to grow around & carry it for 15 years. I still struggle deeply and battled with it daily/nightly but with help from a very supportive medical and family team. it's honestly not surprising that I've had these kind'a episodes but I never hand the language to bring it up in what I felt would be a constructive coherent way... especially taking my other mental health into consideration from the learning/brains-are-weird columns.. autism, adhd, ocd-moments, dyslexia.. Will be interesting to hear what they have to say on it.
Perfect timing
After returning home feeling homesicks(for months) I felt like seeing clouds and other stuff. My house is also white colour.
I just sometimes randomly get this when I'm tired, like I feel like someone (probably my subconscious) is talking for me but it's doing a pretty good job
i got whiplash from seeing this being referred to as "rare"
I've been feeling this a lot lately
Especially rn as I'm watching
i’m 14, 13 when i had my first encounter of depersonalisation. It was triggered due to covid i think, putting me into a depressive episode. I would describe it as feeling like living in a constant fog, or looking in the mirror and feeling like something is lost. Honestly terrifying
Behind these eyes there sits a vacant chair where someone once sat to watch this pitiable life unfold. Whether he was removed by force or chose to leave of his own volition, the empty chair remains.
Super amazing video
I get derealisation episodes quite a bit. The world around me often shakes back and forth or the floor and ceiling feels like it’s right next to me and I could be crushed. Sometimes it even feels like the sky is falling
Whenever I’m in a really stressful environment or get woken up really abruptly I feel like my thoughts aren’t mine
i was at a restaurant with my mom and all of a sudden i couldn’t feel myself swallowing the food or touching the table. everything was moving so fast around me and i felt really out of it. i’ve had these episodes for about 2 years now. best thing you can do is see a professional for help
I would really love a video about oneirophrenia, and/or anything related. A while back I experienced an episode of unexplainably real feeling dreams. for around 4 days it felt like maybe I was dreaming while awake. It felt so real I asked my sister about things that happened in my dream thinking that they had actually happened. I've never had a second opinion on it, but to this day I have no explanation on what happened. I haven't been able to get any clarity myself so any info or comments are very much appreciated!
Googles definition of oneirophrenia describes- a state where a person becomes confused about the distinction between reality and dream as if he or she were living in a dream state.
I can't even put it in words its like you're questioning why you're you in the middle of the whole existence and it is now and for a second everything seems unreal
Ive had an experience with this when i was 17 and now I'm 23 and for some reason yesterday it all came back
I cant even speak to no one about it
It first hit me when I was in my 10th grade, it was an exams season, and I was very stressed to the point that I’ve noticed a nerve popping in the middle of my forehead all the sudden. Ever since I’ve never been the same. I thought I finished my final exams great and that everything is okay, but it seems as if I am detached from my reality. At first it only happened for a few minutes then I shake it off and get back to reality, but it kept increasing ever since, and now I am at a point where nothing seems real at all, it’s like I am floating. Sometimes a moment of realization can hit “panic attack”, it scares me so much so I try to get back to detaching again or floating as I may call it. Its getting worse by time, and starting to ruin everything for me
sometimes after I play a bit of piano I see everything more vividly and as if everything is smaller.
sometimes I also feel like I'm watching a perfectly identical replica of me live my life.
sometimes some other weird stuff happens, too.
I have borderline personality disorder and on occasion I will feel like my mind and body are two separate beings. All of the sensations feel second hand to my brain like how I would expect a ultra-hyper-realistic VR simulator.
Notifications Squaddd, and I get this disorder every time I take lots of lsd
Interesting. When I was young (like 10-12ish) this would happen to be fairly regularly. I can't think of anything particularly stressful in my life at that time, and I've never really been prone to anxiety. One day it just sopped happening and I never thought about it until this video.
Im happy it hasn't happened to you any more, my son is 12 and is currently experiencing these episodes I really hope and pray to god they go away. Its very heart breaking seeing his terrified eyes when he goes through this 😭
I started noticing my depersonalization/derealization when I was like 15, but even then it had felt like I'd been trapped in my head for as long as I could remember. I'm 20 now and still dealing with it :/ therapy has me optimistic that I'll be able to shake it eventually
just let it be and it will go