Do any of you guys suffer from this shit? I feel like I'm on the outside of a police interrogation room with one-way glass. On the inside of this interrogation room, my body and my words and my actions as well as the entire world around me are in it.
Depersonalization or Derealization
Michael Hill
Benjamin Green
guys plz bump it's been like this for me since I've been 12 with periods of it becoming worst and then better but it's always with me
Carson Nguyen
Can`t say that I have ever "suffered" under loss of reality.
Luke Miller
It's almost like I am high. I've smoked pot like 3 times in my life and I'm 20 and every time it's like depersonalization but very increased. If weed is a 10 for depersonalization then what I've felt at my worst is probably an 8. Imagine being slightly high but for months on end.
Samuel Bennett
Have you done any other drugs besides smoking weed? I took a lot of LSD my sophomore year of college and I was derealized/disassociated really badly.
Jaxson Gray
Yeah I had this. Kind of a nightmare irl in a way. Smoking weed does not help it.
Start meditating 15 minutes per day and consider practicing brazilian jiu jitsu. Nothing will rip you back into the real world like close combat with another human being.
I think one of the causes of it, especially after smoking weed, is realizing that our entire interpretation of reality is so fragile and pathetic. Our senses only give us what is evolutionary advantageous information about our universe and even those can easily be changed by some chemical(like THC). We will never know true reality.
Dylan Wright
Only shit that has nicotine or caffeine. I've never even really drank besides like 3 or 4 beers throughout high school.
Henry Kelly
Did meditation help you dramatically? I don't have enough time right now to join a martial art
>75 hour work week
>Army reserves training
>gym 6 days a week
>+ a welding side hustle
Isaac Gutierrez
Meditating will help ground you and allow you to simply exist. It sounds like your mind is constantly going. Listen to a guided meditation and allow yourself to simply exist while focusing on your breathing. Your mind will recollect itself.
Also, start "grounding" yourself once in a while. If you have a moment just carefully observe every single thing you smell, everything you hear, everything you feel, everything you taste, and lastly what you see.
Derealization was pretty fucking terrible for me.
Aaron Gomez
You've got a couple of possibilities here user but this is just a Congolese mantis breeding forum and you should seek professional help if this is something that is affecting you constantly throughout every day.
1. Meditation and deep breathing exercises have been shown to help in some cases. Headspace is a free app that is a solid place to start.
2. This could be a side-effect of anxiety or depression. Do those apply to you?
3. If there is a legitimate mental health issue then you may be perscribed anti-psychotic or anti-anxiety medicines. Again, see a professional as soon as possible.
Asher Davis
The grounding thing makes sense. I'm gonna be autistic by saying this but I smoke a pipe and it's a very delicate thing that needs a lot of "babysitting" to work out. With the pipe, I've learned to distinguish different flavours of tobacco and how it smells and the sight of the wood grain on the briar pipe I use looks like along with thinking about whether the pipe is burning too hot or too cold. It definitely helps but it's not permanent and I obviously can't be smoking a pipe constantly. I'll try the meditation and the grounding thing with my surroundings tonight. Thanks user.
Josiah Long
I have a history of schizophrenia in my family, but I am not anxious or depressed in my life.
Robert Ross
To add to this, I was worried in the beginning that I might be starting to become schizo/related mental illnesses. When I was 12 I started to "hear" another faint voice inside my head, but would never be angry at me or make me paranoid. Just friendly advice, adding to my ambitions in daily life.
Benjamin Bailey
Meditation will help for more than just this. Highly suggest you keep it up!
Ryder Gomez
>tfw you finally start feeling actually happy and motivated after years of suffering and you aren´t sure if its how people normally feel or just my first mania kicking in
Bruhs i´m actually scared of being happy. My family has a long history of mental illness including bipolar. Don´t get me wrong it´s fucking great to feel so lively but getting butterflies in my stomach from everyday things is a bit concerning, as is the slowly developing difficulty with sleeping.
Brandon Martin
getting treatment early is smart.
Jace Richardson
Shit the butterflies out user
Joshua Sanders
dpmanual was really helpful for me to realize I was going to be okay
Justin Sanchez
>dpmanual
Just searched it up, what does the program have?
Owen Evans
I was depressed and suicidal and decided to just work at it and one night I just wanted to hang myself for hours and after that everything got better
I am somewhat convinced I died that night and this is all my dream while I splutter from a set of cotton jammies wrapped around my bed post.
>Also I enjoy Mogwai
Cameron Roberts
Honestly I didn't pay for the program. Spent a half a year thinking i was crazy after a bad bong toke and then learned about depersonalization and serialization. Found dpmanual through that and just clicked through the free general advice and info. Hopefully you'll find it useful too. We're all gonna make it brah
Dylan Campbell
You have other problems its not the weed
Xavier Myers
i used to have it pretty bad when i was 14/15 from smoking weed. It got better after a couple of years for me.
What really helped at the time was getting super into league/WoW. Although if you can id recommend getting less degenerate hobbies to pull you out of yours.
Another thing I noticed is i tend to be a huge hypochondriac and when im freaking out about something I tend to sink back into that isolated feeling that dpdr used to give me.
Connor Long
Go see a clinical psychologist
Julian Myers
had it bad for years. smoking weed is what caused it. take some time off from drugs, workout hard, and force yourself into new experiences. actually "live" life by doing meaningful things and sooner or later you will feel real
Samuel Clark
Sage and report this faggot shit.