Depersonalization Disorder Segment 3 - Replies1 Part C

[cyncmaster150]

Marijuana forced you to realize how frivolous human activity is, and now there's no going back.

The phrase shouldn't be, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”. It should be instead; “The previous life, after having examined it, will no longer seem worth living.”

[eiji850]

oprah can suck it she wont respond to this cause most people cant relate to this thats the main problem they cant even comprehend what it would feel like .

[eiji850]

i agree so many people talk about bullshit things and this is worst

[michellefallsinlove]

I believe I have a depersonalization disorder brought on by shrooms.

[selaznoggonzales]

all i have done is tell all my friends who smoke weed to stop and that it can fuck their life up. i didn't get it from smoking weed (got it from drinking) but marijuana use is obviously a cause. i really have no idea how to get dp into the mainstream. i wish there was someone famous who had it who could speak out about it. btw thanks for the virtual hug in the last video, it triggered one of my increasingly rare smiles:)

[Mattorzo]

i bite my nails all the time, and pull out my hairs every now and then and actually bite them, bite the root of the hair and bite the hair and then take it out of my mouth. i also sometimes bite my arm a bit or the hair on my arm. i keep moving my legs all the time to eachother, and i have negative thoughts all the time that i keep fighting. i know its stupid as hell, but im stressed out just by being conscious of the world and reality around me. i wish i didnt exist. i cant even control myself

[Mattorzo]

the thing is, i did smoke weed for 6 to 7 years , then stopped. but before i smoked weed i already was social phobic and had problems in my mind and had feelnig of not being in reality. so it wasnt the weed that caused problems in my head. i thought weed was gonna set me free in my head, but it didnt help ofc, and made me even more nervous and weidr, so i quit weed half year ago. but im still having the same problems as 10 or 20 years ago. tried anti depressive pills and herbs, nothing works

[makemesmile5]

just recently diagnosed myself. i had given up for years, smoked weed and now its worse than ever. dont smokeeeeee! oh, and if you make those t-shirts i will buy one!

[louiefriis]

you have too translate this..jeg har haft dp i 30år..det eneste du kan gøre for at få det bedre er ikke at tænke på det! du vil altid føle dig anderledes når du først har fået dp..men hvis du prøver at lade være med at tænke på det hjælper det! det har været en hjælp for mig love charlotte

[brimarbygrace]

Music. If you can write a song about how this feels, and get it into the hands of a really catchy artist, that could be huge. It just needs some deep lyrics and a catchy tune.

[Atheyst]

Smoked weed once, for 10 minutes and woke up the next day with it.

[unigirlb]

Thanks. Interesting info but i have depersonalization disorder which was induced by marijuana.

[keithself]

made myself feel a lot better (and more 'real'). At the expense of hating society however. Now I've been dumped again the 'De-' episodes are back. I can achieve a vivid and real 'reality' now, though, by realising that the 'outside world' only has life and meaning in a past/present/future orientation to life. When you're depressed I think this collapses: your future dies. You live in 'dead time'. That's when 'matter loses meaning', becomes cardboard, real but unreal. There is a future!

[keithself]

I don't know if this can help. I don't know if this only applies to me. But I think I've cured myself of either derealisation or depersonalisation. It might help for others. I first felt the world to be an echoing stage set about 1995, the lowest point of a slow decline into depression after a relationship ended.  I mistook it as some kind of extreme form of alienation in a marxist sense and spent the next 12-odd years examining and testing radical theories about alienation, and... (above)

[johnlennon1970]

what can we do... we seem helpless here!!! my docter said there's no cure... it's like we've got no hope at the moment!!......... it could take years before they find a cure!!! my DP comes and goes!!! but it still frustrating!!! TRY VITAMIN B12.. I HEARD IT WORKS!!

[carkeys23]

hi..i was wondering..do you know if someone who is having an identity crisis can go through this? i'm pretty sure i have dp...i have been experiencing it ever since i got pregnant and had my baby...it's horrifying!..i keep waiting to wake up every day i get out of bed!..it's like i'm not me n.e. more and i'm living in a dream...everything i look at seems fake..and i can't believe i'm a mom!

[unigirlb]

There are numerous cases where women experience dp after have a baby. Having an identity crisis can be a part of it.

[Boljarin]

I can remember the days that videogames made more sens that real live did.

THIS DECEASE SUCKS, I RATHER BROKE MY LEGG.

[kiefta00]

I just watched a few of your videos and it is so nice to know that I am not alone. I am also suffering from Depersonalization Disorder and it sucks. I didn't have it for a few years but them it came back after I had my baby in Feb. I am also at a loss for what to do about it. My psychiatrist doesn't even know what to do for me. That is really sad. I am going to even try Acupunture to maybe help it. Have you ever tried that?

[o7levi]

i really had no idea this was such a widespread issue. it seems like it's really coming to light now..

[dave805a]

for some reason, my docs and therapists never discussed dp/dr with me. in fact, they r yet to diagnose me as such. i don't know what the reason is, but i wonder, if it has to do with insurance. does anybody relate to my experience? if so, what do u think the reason might be? MY SKEPTIC MIND TELLS ME, THAT LONG TERM USE OF ANTIDEPRESSANT MAY COUSE DP/DR. IF SO, I DON'T THINK PHARMA WOULD WANT IT TO BE A PUBLIC RECORD. IF PHARMA DOESN'T WANT PUBLICITY, DOCS HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO OBEY.

[asdf02160]

wow this makes perfect sense.

[peaceandlovebl]

i have been diagnosed with it, it sucks bad, unreal, no self, emotionally dead to family, my self, lost in this world, dont understan it anymore, people look wierd, like i have just arrived, iam not part of my past, i still think iam going mad, insane, anxiety is bad, places look weird, unfamilar, it so fucked up, family look not right, i ruminate 24/7 about why i ahve a brain, or mouth, i cant stop ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[wernerdt5871]

Your videos have been inspiring and as I said before I believe you've tackled this issue the right way by getting as much information on the web as possible and not being afraid to use pychotropic medicines as an ally. I myself was helped by the MSN depersonalization forum.

I think that by people like you and I stepping up on these types of forums across the web we can slowly help many individuals who suffer from this problem.

[cpabt]

I've searched for your article on dp symptom clusters using PsycInfo database without success. Is there somewhere else I could try for access to your article (deconstructing dp: evidence for symptom clusters)?

[sergiosergio23]

is there anyway we can talk it really hard to explain it to you over text, I would love to talk to you and explain in depht....I can call you or if you have yahoo massenger we can chat. my screen name is sergiocoronado05

[ragdollannie]

it took me 35 years to find out what this is... thirty five years of thinking i was the only one... why is the field of psychiatry SO DENSE??????

i think the talk shows need to help us get this out... we need a spokesman, a celebrity spokesman can help. with all the rampent drug use there HAS to be somebody important enough in the public eye who has this, to get the message out.

[dave805a]

you r a strong person, to hung on for 35 years with dp/rp, and i am glad u did. it took me 4 years, to know such a disorder exist. i was scared for my self, and family members. i thought going crazy was inevitable. my questions to u r, have u now found treatment, and how r u doing? were u able to go to work? were u on any meds all these years? in your experience, does it keep getting worst with time? if u weren't on any meds, what helped u to go on? do u have any advise for the rest of us.

[ragdollannie]

sorry, i just now found this... i wish i could tell you it goes away with time, it hasn't for me. my counselor tells me it won't go away until the 'reason' for it goes away... so one needs to have a place they feel safe in life. i haven't. meds took me farther away from reality and made me more apathetic. my advise? stay away from drugs, especially pot, surround yourself with people who love you and try to come to terms with what made you get it in the first place... there is a reason.

[theseventhsutra]

Individuals with Depersonalization disorder have wanted me to share with you their praise for your ability to relate with them in your videos. - dk

We do have time to continue our research to provide a clearer and clinically useful polythetic diagnostic criteria for Depersonalization disorder in light of the upcoming, but still long coming, DSM-V (DSM-V is coming in 2012).

[feyeter]

Thank you for making these videos and bringing attention to this disorder. It is very difficult to explain this disorder, what the sufferer experiences. Maybe thats why there is no compassion or interest yet. It is the worst kind of hell. I think a documentary that can somehow portray the traumatic experience of dp can bring attention to it.

[buddhabunnee]

I have DP as well and I think about it sometimes. Do you ever think that it's something you can't come back from? Like your eyes are opened to a new reality and once you see it, you can't un-see it. The reason perhaps it's becoming more common is this is like the next step in evolution or something. Maybe something to think about? :o

[ragdollannie]

i absolutely agree with this comment, buddhabunnee... you can't take the kool-aid out of the water... we can't go back. i don't think medications are the answer because medication tends to take us further away from our 'natural' state (before DP). my psychiatrist was trying to help me get back into life, social, career, etc, and i told her i would rather be able to sit and stare at a light switch and feel REAL than ANY of those things... they mean NOTHING in this state of being.

[stevecronin]

I delegate to the Texas Republican Party this year and could sneak in a resolution for state DR/DP funding.

[LoveJests]

When you said that we need to get more toward the public, it just made me think of some billboards I've seen for the truth or the anti-marijuana compagines.

We could get some money together, design a billboard about mental illnesses that are induced by drugs. Something, shocking, eye catching, and memorable...

Or just have a sit in at a public place where lots of people can get together.

(By the way, I posted a comment on your first video... I kinda would like an answer... Thanks! :D)