My experience with depersonalization

[wawahwario]

Glad to know somebody else escaped it. In 2009 I was working nights. For three months I would only get 3 hours of sleep a night. I smoked some kief from my grinder and had a horrible panic attack (from the sleep deprivation and stress) so I walked around outside for 3 hours trying to calm down which led to heat exhaustion.

It took 6 months for the derealization to go away (no DP) but it took a full 2 and a half years to fully return to myself, being able FEEL all emotions again.

[easrth]

I went to the ER, and they didn't really say anything about it. IT NEEDS MORE AWARENESS. Feeling nothing at all and feeling so distant and confused is the worst state of mind ive ever been in.

[kselogdras]

Mathew Perry's film "Numb" helped me to understand it better. Dont fell ur the only one with this illness. Let it pass, get bussy and youll get better

[kselogdras]

it also helps a lot to do something, to keep yourself busy...I have it till today,,,but im living with it, getting use to it... Always remember that time cures it all...

[BenP6395]

I've been seeing a psychiatrist and counselor for a couple years now. My depression, anxiety, and the depersonalization is terrible. I'm pretty sure I have Bi-polar disorder and very bad anxiety. My mood is completely fucked up all the time and I don't even know who I am. The medications are not working for me. Work and college is such a hard task for me. just sick of being scared.

[chimprobotics]

does anyone get the feeling of being outside/detached from there body??? like not being in sync with your body movements or unbalanced???. i have these feelings 24/7 and have done for 5 years now. i wont got to the doctor for the same reason as what many other people say about the doctor thinking your crazy but i also think where do i start to tell the doctor my problems... Ive wrote down my feelings over the years in a book so i suppose thats a start..

[thezob101]

:~(

[nunchaku1992]

i think it has a lot to do with pot.

im a very insecure person, and when im high, i would think about how life sucks and how i didnt be the best that i can be. And i would keep that thought when im sober.

Then i decided to take a 2 months break, the result is unbelievable.

Everything is real as it is and i started making myself a better person step by step.

Overall, i suggest very insecure people not to smoke weed.

[Mah7i]

So, how are you doing now?

I've had this for years and years.

[devildude194712]

ANYONE WITH DP/DR MESSAGE ME FOR THE CURE! I GUARANTEE YOU YOU'LL NOT REGRET IT! :D

[wcdfilms]

I have dp but thats besides that point your fuckin awsome haha 10 shots and a blunt. That sounds like a good fuckin time

[ThinksWithPortals]

why are there so many retarded comments on this video? do half you assholes even know what kind of hell depersonalization is?

[thetubeshitmusic]

The marijuana caused it, it's too obvious. I don't care what anyone says, that shit makes you dumb as fuck. It causes anxiety and DP/DR is an underlying symptom of anxiety.

[chunkylover1232]

@krnekiizhriba fuck u dick! no idea the pain that every day life is with chronic dp, no fucking clue!

[Funnza]

@krnekiizhriba you obviously dont know what it is you fucking douche bag i have it right now and it fucking sucks

[lifeisharvest]

I swear to you if you read the Gospel asking for JESUS to give you the HOLY SPIRIT alone in your room, NO CHURCH!!!! ALONE! WATCH.. three weeks MAX you will be TOTALLY HEALED.. I SEEN this happen TONS of times... I had this nightmare of a disease, its spiritual in nature and until you realize this hun.. you will be trapped.. but AS CRAZY as it sounds, hear me out... its real, SPIRITS ARE REAL... GOD IS REAL. SATAN IS REAL.. CHRIST IS REAL... denying it will never make that change.

[lifeisharvest]

I HAD DR and HPPD for a while until they were totally wiped away... totally all at once...

Cool vid.. please hear me out... /watch?v=lmlNbT4c9QU

[malis96]

that weed might have been laced or the alchohol might have had that gbgd shit or whatever, damn everything you discribed happened to me in the same sequence yet i went to the er 11! times, so i get you and just want to let you that your not alone and only time will heal, PILLS wont do shit put numb you. Acceptence is key to recovery just look at it like wtf ever and you should feel les anxious. Ecstasy triggered my attacks last year and i feel waay better now. srry tho

[Slipsnob]

I'm sixteen and have been feeling this for... two days now.

Had a couple of recurring cases, but none as strong as this. Usually just cases like, "Whoaaa, that's my arm. What if that were my arm, and what if it weren't really attached to my body? Hmmm... oh, it's morning. TIME TO WAKE UP!"

It always tended to become worse when I was half asleep. Being half asleep might as well be drugs for me, LOL. I'm already working on fixing this. I will be happy and normal again. And you guys will too.

[Azeious]

I've actually researched all this out myself too,

the reason why i have it is because im a coffee addict..

and been drinking coffee every damn day for the past

like 5 years. some people go crazy because they think

the cause of this is Marijuana, but DP got to me even before

i smoked my first joint. so definitely that's not it.

the coffee i been drinking everyday for years

has caffeine in it, Too much caffeine for a long period of

time cause anxiety, too much anxiety turns into DP. The end.

[dontforgetthisname96]

@Azeious i had a pot induced panic attack which led to DP. did you get over it?..,.how?

[Azeious]

@dontforgetthisname96 yeah I've had that too,

but like i said, for me marijuana wasn't the cause,

too much caffeine causes anxiety, or anything that has caffeine

in it i believe, like soda. and I haven't gotten rid of it,

I've had it for about 3-4 years now. but I haven't tried taking any meds for it.

or stop my caffeine intake. recently I've been smoking pot, and drinking

alot, and It only got worse.

[SkeksisBestSongEver]

@Azeious So you state that the mainreason is coffee? That´s only if you´re vulnerable and it has a toxicating effect on you, that´s by far not everyone who has it like that! I know people drinking just as much coffee than me including people in my family who has drinked coffee for 40-50 years who aren´t anxious, but i´m anxious and drink much coffee so maybe i have to try quitting it!

[Azeious]

@SkeksisBestSongEver uhh, i said coffee was my reason, i didn't say that that was the reason why everyone got dp.

[SkeksisBestSongEver]

@Azeious Ok, sorry then!

[evbot456]

Okay i have been feeling out of reality for about 5-6 fucking years now, im 15 now, and i dont feel like i could live the rest of my life like this, im going to therapy but does anyone have a dam cure for me to wake up?

[bendlor]

The key to recovering from this feeling of detachment is to surrender to this strange feeling, to pay it no respect and realise it is just the product of an over-tired mind, fatigued by your constant worrying thoughts and the constant checking in to how you feel. This symptom relies on your fear of it to keep it alive.

[NeoSpazz4]

i googled dp/dr and ya kno wat? sounds like when i wipe emotional ties in my mind so i dont feel worried or stressed (sociopathic is what my theripists say its frum). btw,i dunno if it may help but just try a small hit off a blunt,studies say it re connects whats lost,like a hair of the dog(alchohol). helps me when i feel like that. and lastly,id put this disorder in the same cadagory as PDSD(shell shok) and adhd/add,stong minds can and will overcome what you truly want.

[JoshuaTheSmoker]

I am 14 and my DP and DR started at age 9 when i inhaled to much helium it was 3 full baloons.. I know its stupid.. It feels like im out of my body i had DP about 30 minuites, I fucking hate it i got so scared..

[Pent5HT]

I have this to. its sooooooo hard to explain it. Xanax can help me forget about my DR And sometimes DP and cures it somewhat. The more you think about this disorder the worse it gets. U need to stop thinking. Mine was triggered by Chronic marijuana use :( Warning to others dont use weed you risk this terrible disorder

[MrOmarAlsaadi]

I've been suffering from DP and DR for a year now. It's so hard to explain what it is to someone else who doesn't get it. It's hard /: But I'm so happy to see your update that you've recovered. It gives me hope.

[bigmack1626]

i am only 13, and i have felt like this for at least a month now and its horribble, its like an out of body exoeruence, sounds, and sight are distorted, everything seems fake...and its horribble

[sppy24]

But im still going to keep my fingers cross that one day my epilepsy becomes fully under control what ever medications i have to be on, (without them! i would suffer worse!!!) and when that happens i wouldnt suffer with DP anymore. Some people have epilepsy but dont even have dp after! lucky for them. But the positive side of it all is that iv got my 2 gorgoues boys and fella by my side, and by listening to your video, your a very positive person too :)

[sppy24]

plus im so lucky in other ways that some of my meds have helped otherwise i wouldnt beable to function proper for both of my kids. When my first was born my fits where terrible so my DP was so powerful back then, i wasnt able to look after him then and my dad had to step in at the time cause i really believed i was loseing my mind. The DP has always got me down but i try to think positive that its not as bad as it use to be back then even though it still makes me suffer now and gets me down

[sppy24]

i always suffer with DP after an epileptic sezuire as i have epilepsy myself. the feeling has always lasted for hours after my fits and im never back to normal untill the next day. Then im ok again untill the next fit happens again and the DP gets to me soooo much and gets me really down, if i didnt have epilepsy i guess i wouldnt be suffereing with dp, iv only just had my 2nd son 6 weeks ago and im so lucky my fella helps me when im like this. I wish my meds would keep me under control

[reybabyrey]

people like you disappoint me. i know DP is rough, im currently going through it but if theres one thing ive learned through my countless drug intakes, its that if drugs got you into this mess of a frame of mind, they will not get you out. i have DP and suffer day to day but i decided after much research that drugs do not solve mental or emotional problems, they simply just cover them up.

take my advice and get all the help you think you may need, but do not get on meds. :/ best of luck to you.

[aaronsmom0307]

@reybabyrey

People like you, who think whatever works for them will most definitely work for everyone else, disappoint me.

For your information, I dealt with non stop, chronic DP for 2 years before resorting to medication (only when I was ready to commit suicide). The drugs saved my life and allowed my children to have a mother that could function. Now, 2 years after starting my drug regimen, I have successfully tapered off of 2 of 3. So, take *my* advice, don't be such a pompous know it all

[reybabyrey]

@aaronsmom0307 i noticed from the majority of your replies to people interesting in knowing how youre getting through your struggle that you are irregularly ill-tempered and not very open minded to what people have to say. im not, in any way, trying to tell you what to do with your life, im handing you information that should be in your best interest just because what i have to say makes perfect sense from a logical point of view. although, again i hope you and your kids are happy.

[MillerMan8228]

@aaronsmom0307 Hey how can i get help? what should i take i have it just like you its not 24/7 buts is normaly for a few hours then im ok and people effect it what drugs should i take like medicine because i dont wanna just be on to meny pills they have side effects

[naemasufi]

@reybabyrey WE ALL HAVE TO FIND WHAT WORKS. That is if we are lucky

[KelSa86]

@reybabyrey WOW. are you serious??? Obv you have an issue. I hope you know they exist because meds can save lives. There are different severities, even of DP, and when it gets so bad people can be suicidal. Meds saved my friends life when she went through depression and attempted suicide.. she was not a drug user. If she was I'd be understanding anyway. Who are you to judge. I have DP and hopefully meds will save my life too. Because i don't know how much more i can take of this.

[dontforgetthisname96]

@reybabyrey look, ive had chronic depersonization for over a year. 24/7. just "talking it out" wont work. all of those books and therapy sessions don't do anything. medication is necessary. i have yet to get some. but in some cases it is.

[Subatomic1000]

@reybabyrey Not everyone can function or cope without meds; as a matter of fact, some get worse without it. Your "research" should have led you to that objective conclusion.

Sorry to "let you down", but you come across as an egocentric control freak-convinced that each smug thought rolling through your mind should be cast in gold. You might as well run for congress with that attitude.

Best of luck to you...unless you're above luck...

[mrcuteblackie]

maybe you o nthave medical problem. Try to read some sopiritual books and meditate. Also, just ge a job. Do not panic

[aaronsmom0307]

@mrcuteblackie

Wow. Your expertise on this matter astounds me. /sarcasm

[SirVoe]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hearing you were able to recover from what sounds like an even more severe case than my own gives me hope for my own condition. Not sure I've experienced depersonalization, but derealisation is with me constantly from when I wake up til I go to sleep, and has lead me to agoraphobia.

[stfuFGT]

I've had DP along with my anxiety disorder for over two years now and I'm only taking 60mg of Paxil and about 2mg of Xanax a day. I seem to have great results with Xanax. I've been to so many psychiatrists it was extremely irritating. I've been put on lexapro, buspar, clonazepam, and probably some others I forgot already and they never worked (and some of them were health threats) as well as the combination I have now. I have sensitivity to light and sometimes I oddly hallucinate. (no drugs)

[blueclothondesk]

yeah what the hell is this?

[kylieben]

i got my dp after 10mg escitalopram and had it for just over a week. it is different to what a lot of people have in that it only effects my left arm really. what do i do to get rid of it without meds? ,u am is percieved to be detached from my mind!

[KevinMurphy01]

The best way to describe it is that it's the most terrifying, unrelenting delusion that life is infinitely not there and that the sufferer feels a nauseating sensation that he or she is beyond nothing. It's absolute silent chaos. I have Pure Obsessional OCD, and when I sink into a DP or DR episode, it usually starts with racing thoughts that force me to doubt my own existence and the existence of the universe, then I have a panic attack, and finally, I become detached from reality and paranoid

[methadone89]

@KevinMurphy01 best desriction ever!..its so hard to explain to people what it is about

[brainbug187]

floresent lighting really can affect me. i to get dp and dp sometimes. i find that when i make myself get involved with anything that keeps me busy it goes away. i can actually make myself have dp or dr just by thinking of it. and make it go away by ignoreing it. but what bothers me is the questions it leaves me with. i have ocd and i tend to obsess about things and having dp has made question alot about reality and wonder if maybe nothing is real. i know thats not the case but dp feeds my ocd

[I3eetleJuice]

@brainbug187 brainbug187 i think that i might have the beginnings of dp from what she decribed in the video and yeah if i think about it i can change the state im in and so forth. I also question reality. i question it all the time and i find reality a hard concept to grasp the more i think about it.

[colt45isbest]

Great video. Your experiences are almost exactly like mine! When I was a kid I used to get that same hazy feeling for a few mins every once in a while but at uni when I smoked pot & spent long periods of time by myself it became chronic. Also I found that people seemed mechanical/android-like/unreal­, especially my parents, did you ever find that? I don't touch drugs anymore & the DP's milder now, but a year later & still I'm emotionally numb and disconnected from the world.

[sweetlemonade26]

Four months ago I smoked half an ounce of weed (or more) and I haven't really been the same. I've been feeling depersonalized and derealized for months afterward. Everything in this video is exactly how I have been feeling. Thank you for this video, I'm going to try to go see a therapist as well.

[SayNoToTheism]

I'm completely depersonalized right now, I like it, I can passively observe my actions and don't really care at all.

[aaronsmom0307]

@Girtrudesmole666

If you don't know what it is, why are you looking it up on YouTube? Google it.

[cherubimX]

I had chronic DP for about three years. When i heard the gospel for the first time and called upon Jesus Christ he set me free.

[DrVJJ]

3 years back that happend to me and looking back i know what whent wrong ,

i never knew how to make my own desitions /pick my friends/or how too be myself! i was paranoid to talk to everyone i knew so lost all my friends at the time ./ i felt like i really didnt know what i wanted for myself and my future , you gotta learn how to set boundariesand how to love !hope that helpd,bye

[MikeSkiera]

how are you doing these days? did that doctor help you?

[selaznoggonzales]

can you please make another video now that you are better. i've been suffering for exactly nine months today and i feel like im never gonna get better and it would really help to hear from someone who got better from it and hear how you are doing now.

[VisualSnow1]

If you have Visual Snow check out my video!

[4ta2r]

would anyone know if exhaustion could be a probable cause of DP? I remember having "flashes" of symptoms that match DP last year while having a near mental breakdown.

[ListeN253]

i dont know about any DP or DR but i suffer from anxiety and alot of it has to do with weed unfortunately...ugh i love weed but HATE having a anxiety attack while stoned...its horrible..am i doomed? is there anything i can do to not have to take pills and stop having to suffer from anxiety? i dont wanna stop smoking lol. i wanna go back to the days when i could smoke all day every day and not have any anxiety at all.

[I3eetleJuice]

@ListeN253 same.

[DownStepTV]

Hey everyone. Like most of you, I suffer from Derealization. And I wanted to express how I feel, so I wrote a song based on DP and Derealization. Its called "Black & White", go to my page and check it out. It made me feel better being able to talk about it, so I hope it helps some of you as well.

[feministcat]

Hi. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your experience. I can relate so much. I have severe light sensitivity now too. Everything seems unreal and fake. I constantly think about the meaning of life and what I am.. it sucks. I feel like a nutcase. I appreciate your sharing.

[JlS2MxUxSxIxC2]

I have the same thing happening to me. I constantly had to think about the meaning of life and where i was. This has only been happening to me for about 3 weeks but seems to improve each day. Mine was caused by a bad anxiety attack while smoking weed. You're not alone. I told my parents and was afraid that I was a mental case too. Send me a message I'd like to know how you're doing with DP/DR. Thanks

[HmmYepHaha]

I wish so much I never smoked that joint. I already made a full recovery, and felt even better than before DP even started. But that little weed made it all come back. It gives me hope for those that recovered DP a second time through induced by pot. Then again I've heard people never recovered specifically from pot. At least I didn't smoke that much... I duno, it's really hard not to worry over it. Doctors don't seem to understand it either. I'm on a drug called respiridone an anti-psychotic.

[HmmYepHaha]

Weed induced my DP in time until I couldn't handle it anymore. Then alcohol made it worse so I quit it all. After 3 months of DP it went away. I figured maybe because the weed was out of my system. 6 months later I thought I'de be fine to smoke weed, just like you said you did. I smoked just half a joint, and bad, complete DP again. It's been 2 months now. How long did it take you to recover after smoking weed the next time after first recovering DP? I have severe light sensitivity now.

Thanks.

[aaronsmom0307]

@HmmYepHaha

It's honestly hard for me to give a time frame because it just faded away gradually. I'd say a few months, probably. Just don't give up hope and try not to dwell on it (I know how hard it is to do that, though).

[WASP97]

Ok i think the same thing happend to me. 2 days ago i was at a party i ended up smoking pot and drinking whisky. well i had extrodanary anxiety all night. woke up the next morning i was feeling fine. I went home then i wanted to sleep and i couldnt sleep i felt all disconnected and all depressed didnt know how to act i was confused about everything. anyway a fell asleep last night, woke up today and my head feals all weird im just really confused i might have something else though.

[govnajedemdanas]

I'm 13 and I have depersonalization.How do you think I feel?I also can't feel emotion...I can't feel anything...time goes by fast etc.

[Minerva5320]

Dude, same here! I've partied plenty of times with no reaction but I think my new thryoid problem made my body vulnerable to the DP. One thing about this disorder's that it forces its sufferers to find inner strength and patience. It's important for the DP community to come forward and express our experiences. The medical pros need to acknowledge the significance of DPD.

[Jamesagenda101]

wow , it sounds like alot of the stuff I have experienced. I never heard anyone else talk about light sensitivity. When I'm on the computer, or playing video games my dp seems to get worse.

[mikeymiller92]

this feeling is so weird... its like ur high but your not

[godlikepiro]

You should look up Alice and Wonderland Syndrome. Apparently kids get it frequently without explanation. I used to get that as a kid and as an adult, I experienced chronic depersonalization that eventually lead to depression with psychotic features, not cool. I'm so glad you're recovered! It's not easy to go through. Depersonalization disorder is still a really new diagnosis and a lot of docs don't know anything about it.

[dimebaghudson]

and does dp make u not be able to breath very well? like does it make u feel short of breath?

[BigBadBobby1234]

I am happy to hear your symptoms have passed. It gives hope for all of the other sufferers of this BIZARRE Disorder. Hang in there and fight on !!

[Droyd21]

I would recommend that you stop smoking pot when you're with your friends then. I have had similar experiences in the past. A single slur might be enough to get in a state in which I fail to respond to anyone or anything so I just walk off because it's plain humiliating not able to reply to somone.

I used to think -that- was the high but I later realised that i can't relate with my other friends at all. In fear that it might become chronic one day I refuse pot at all times.

[kermdakusset]

i started dating a pothead., everything was fine with until i started dating her. I used to work out and i had a normal live. with this pot head i started smoking one times a while, one day she cooked brownies with hash oil, and she said you should try they are really good, so i tried a little portion of it. So after the nightmare started, here is what s happened: Panic attack, sever anxiety from nowhere, and depersonalization, it have been already 5 months but i am still going through it.

[BeautyAndTheRogue]

Join the club, i blaized bud for 5 years, untill around 4 months ago "when the nightmare started".

[Klimseven]

Does this affect your memory and concentration at all?

My DP fucks up my memory and focus to the point of not being able to function.

[martyace3]

yes ive lost the ability to picture and remember things like i used to be able to. i cant picture myself and i av lost my identity. ive suffered with this for 8 years now but im starting to get back to normal, i coped by ignoring it and fighting it straight on. the cure is time and fighting the fear

[reptile1000]

yes absolutly i have severe dp and i loose alot of my memory of what i did in the day and sometimes even what i did a few minutes and the only memories that i have seem really fake like when u think of a dream you had last night feels like that

[BrandonWallach]

talk to me, ive had dp/dr for 11 months... it sucks i feel depressed and same effects as you

[RebelliousPunk77]

You know what would be nice? If our minds and bodies would just work the way they are supposed to.

[0anna0banana0]

IKR !?

k if anyone wants to chat bout dispersonalization,

dont hesitate !

[kitasshit]

WOW you are really dealing well :)



with dealing with this living hell as I like to call it

[5buddhafam]

I think that depersonalization is common in a large amount of the population to some degree, I can say that using pot greatly aggravates DP and can trigger a panic attack or DP episode. I can say that I now stay away from weed and am alot better for it!

[idl4587]

I've had dp\dr since i was about 14-17yrs old and am now 23 yrs old. I want to get help but: 1.) I can't afford health insurance. 2.) Im afraid ill get locked up in a nut house.

Yea, ive gotten use to dp\dr, but it still sucks.

[louiefriis]

dont give up!

[thejameson1981]

Hi aaron, i have had dp and dr for the past 9 years i usually get it daily, up to three times a day anything from half an hour to 8 hours at a time, when im in this state of DP/DR  i am absolutely petrified and feel like i am going mad or dying, i cant imagine what it has been like for you to have it constantly for 3 years it must be horrendous. when i finally went and saw a psychiactrist he prescribed me lorazapam to take. i still get DP/DR but lorazapam helps me regain reality.good luck

[b1nphk66]

the first time i smoked pot, i felt like my legs were a robotic, detached presence on my body.. a mechanical extension that moved whenever i willed it to move with my mind.

at the time i thought it was cool = ]

is THIS what DP feels like? if so, then i can attest to having had it.

[SoulessJest]

Im NOT a shrink. Or anything near it. But i AM an anxiety victim and i have been on a quest to try and alleviate my own DP/DR. My only advice is as follows.

[SoulessJest]

Im going to be brutaly honest. I belve you dont love yourself. But in fact the opposite of it. Im assuming you had a rough social life. and as a result u suffer from anxiety. u get the DP/DR as a result of the anxiety. Its basicly your brain trying to protect you from your own train of thought. you cant just go to some one and fix this. in fact i belive it is the oppisite. YOU need to adress the way you see your self. and HOPEFULLY the anxity will lift and as a result your DP/DR.

[b1nphk66]

Maybe you were hyperventillating..

[aaronsmom0307]

I'm well aware that hyperventillation can cause lightheadedness, especially during a panic attack. But I wasn't just hyperventillating for all that time. That's ridiculous.

[dryadhater]

Remember one time i smoked lots of weed and had a very strong panic attack coupled with a strong depersonalization feeling. Freaked the hell out of me. However now i understand that i should have smoked more to get completely seperated from my body ;) Pot really opens your eyes. Hell, i don't even drink alocohol any more.

[aaronsmom0307]

It's not fun when you're "seperated" from your body for nearly 3 years.

[interestingramble]

you all need to say "no" to drugs. Look where you're going... I went here, living in a dream, this world is not real, blah, blah. I have strange anger problems. I also see things that aren't there sometimes like in a dream, and am OCD like nothing else, but not tidy. I horde garbage, and I know I have a prob.I'm super sensitive to light.I used to lather myself in sunscreen unnecessarily, but my eyes. OMG. I take night classes whenever I can. I can't focus very well during the day. I have rules.

[malneyugnfl]

I had an experience when I smoked way too much weed one night in my freshman year of college. For 2 days, I could not feel any physical sensations, and everything was disconnected.

So I started doing olympic weightlifting 4 days a week till I was exhasted I cut of all my drugs and ate a healthy and diet.

The depersonalization recurred for an hour everytime I started working out or was going to sleep for 3 or 4 months, but eventually it faded away. It's been a 1.5 years and I'm awesome

[Hazy916]

Also im glad that you fell better about yourself these days but I do think you way overlooked what the hospital said. A % of people dont breath correctly. if anyone feels they are having a panic attack breathe through ur nose.a common mistake in breathing is alot of people take a breath from the chest its hard to explainbut, your stomach should expand with a breath not your chest. best way I can explain is to watch Chuck Liddel in a fight, watch how his stomach expands when he breathes.

[b1nphk66]

you're right about that.. your stomach should expand.

i do this sometimes in crowded places =/

[BigFatCheese100]

Marijuana can cause anxiety and panic attacks. I've been there before. Never drink and smoke on an empty stomach. Also the reason you feel so horrible is because the Marijuana that's out there now... is a drug. It's very strong. I've seen people freak out from smoking weed before. It's disturbing... but it happens.

[Lex1love]

that acutally happened to me one time and now i think i could have DP and DR but idk how to get rid of it. got any ideas?

[m0fiya]

she said she smoked a lot as a teenager. she's not just gonna completely black out and have a panic attack from a blunt. it just doesn't happen like that sorry.

[Hazy916]

Umm you seem highly misinformed... Just cause an "Organization" such as the government or police classify Weed as a "Narcotic" or "Halluciongen" doesnt make it so, Do you honestly believe that weed today is any more potent than 100 years ago? Marijuana has almost always been cultivated to the highest standards. theres always been different strands of pot but just cause the "system" that sells you and your parents lethal drugs daily says its new and improved dont get confused by propaganda.

[Hazy916]

If anyone you know had a "Bad trip" its because it was laced with something along the lines of PCP or Framadlehide (Sherm). but at the same time I do agree that people can feel "uncomfortable" on pure unpolluted pot, thats just a humans ego trying to rationalize whats going on you can have panic attacks cause your brain is working on things it normally doesnt Im willing to bet the reason for said panic attack was due to realizing how small and unimportant the day to day human really is.

[AnduinX]

Yeah, Marijuana was the trigger for my anxiety/panic attacks too.

I had my first and worst one after smoking more pot than usual.

[TheScreamingRetard]

it seems worse at different times for me. the worst was a a basketball game....try playing in a baketball game with this and ur coach bitchin at u cuz u suck that day..lol. i was so dizzy and lightheaded. like i was living in a thought.

[AWAXHAROLD]

THIS HAPPEN TO ME FOR 3 weeks, what a crazy feeling, of seeing ur self, but it has never happened again for 6 years now, happened when i smoked weed 6 years

[Lex1love]

ive smoked weed 5 times and one time i had a bad experience and freaked and now i think i may have DP or DR, any advice on how to get rid of it?

[AWAXHAROLD]

i dunno mine went away, i dont know if it was dp, dr, i went to the doctors when i told him what happened first think he asked was about weed, i got some pills for a few weeks and it all went away. never had it for 7 years now

[Pottenger]

I suffer from D/P also, I hope you feel better since you made this video. Im sure it will end after a while, Just have to forget about it, Which is easier said than done I guess. Trying asking God for help.

[smegma42]

paint

[emericanskater21]

I've felt like this for atleast 3 1/2 years now I've explained to doctors the way i was feeling and what not nobody knew what it was i was hospitalized for 2 months and they said it was just panic attacks but for the first time i am realating to the symptoms

[dummyfreshdoris]

did your dp/dr get any better? ive had this for a year and 5 months already and i want to know if it gets better. does the eysight thing get better? like how everyone looks bright and fake

[mrincodi]

Thanks for sharing. I suffer of panic attacks. Thank God the DP has faded away. God bless you.

[seanmurray90]

wait,, wtf dude.. u cured ure dp?

please help me! how the fuck do i get rid of it. :( please help dude

what did u do 2 get rid of it?

[mrincodi]

Hi.

* Follow CBT. I recommend the book Brain Lock. Really.

* Try not to be romantically involved nor taking any drastic decision in this moment of life.

* Know it's a medical condition; annoying, that's all.

* Know it will fade away.

* Surround yourself by sane people! Get social! Don't stay alone!

* There is no magic cure, but this is OK. What you need back is confidence.

[mrincodi]

Also:

* When you are scared (I was panicked), know that 1) you are being scared because of your thoughts, not the real thing. Consciously catch them and realize that 2) Those thoughts come because you have a mental condition, so it's 3) amusement time! Find yourself some _manual_, not mental, activity you like and perform it during a crisis. 4) The panic will fade away because you'll stop giving importance to it.

In a word: Follow CBT!

[aaronsmom0307]

In my case CBT was not enough. My DP was cured with meds in conjuction with CBT.

[persianboy153]

im going throw this is as well..

,, best regards,,

[ryguy7069]

I was jsut wondering if you have seen that psychatrist yet? If so what has she prescribed for you?

[aaronsmom0307]

See the video information.

[ryguy7069]

Great Video. I have experienced the exact same feelings. Went to a psychiatrist and he didn't even know what depersonalization was. I have been perscribed celexa, buspar, seroquel, and remeron, and they all made it worse. What has helped me the most has been change in diet, plenty of exercise, and a few herbal remedies. I am about 80% better. I have also had good success with benzodiazipines, but try to use them only on the really bad days as they are quite addictive

[aaronsmom0307]

Benzos are extremely addicting, I agree. I take 3 mg of clonazepam daily now and if I miss a dose I feel sick. If I miss more than one dose I feel like I'm falling into the depths of hell. Some days I wish I had never started taking clonazepam so I do think that benzos should be an absolute last resort (which they were for me).

[MooWithMetubes]

I like smoking weed...I don't like the feeling of being high when there is NO weed. It's really scary. I have an anxiety disorder. I know how you feel...I had little episodes when i was young too, didn't know what this was until i was 20ish.

[aaronsmom0307]

Be careful smoking weed. After my DP was "cured" I thought I could safely resume smoking on occasion and I did for a few months until one night I got high and I distinctly remember thinking "Shit, I'm still going to feel like this in the morning" and I did. It took me awhile to rid myself of the DP again.

[smakwurx420]

nice vid...i had dp for 4 months now..its not as bad as when it first started..im just happy that im not the only one out there

[PeaceLoveEternity]

I have had DP/DR since I was 12. It got worse when I was in the Army and that's when I got diagnosed.

[sistazel]

Great vid! thanks for sharing your story and your beauty ;-)

[aaronsmom0307]

Why, thank you Hazel. :)

[nls073]

hi i have cronic dp/dr now for 2, years and i recornize alot of the things u say, i just never feel in the mood to do anything and i feel like this condition has trown a chain around me and my functioning but in these past years i also have learned alot how to fight it but its so hard. so if u have any questions please ask me i've learned alot about it

[storiginal]

Thanks for sharing that. I've had similar experiences, particularly the THC onset and the fluorescent lighting bit. Hope you find some relief :)

[aaronsmom0307]

Do you have chronic DP?