Trying to cope with DP/DR

[Jen89]

Hello this is my first time on this forum and am hoping to find some guidance and advice from those who are suffering with DP/DR..

 I have been suffering from this horrible disorder for the last 7 months and can honestly say on my 'bad days' I feel like I'm completely losing my mind. I'm struggling to cope with the simplest tasks which is making my day to day living a real struggle. I like to consider myself to be a glass is half full kind of person but this disorder has slowly drained me from all positivity. There are days where I feel so worthless I can't even look at myself in the mirror or begin to understand how anybody can love me. 

I am curious to know if anyone shares any of the symptoms I have: distorted vision, feeling detached from your body, social anxiety, paranoid when speaking, foggy memory, decreased concentration and numbness (no emotion)

I am 25 years old and just wanting to live again, I want to appreciate every day rather than dread stepping foot outside my house. I use to love meeting new people, being social and have always been considered to have a big confident personality. If anyone has any advice on how to cope better with this disorder please feel free to share I would love to hear some positive stories and know that there is a way of beating this and getting my life back.

Thank you for reading 🙂

[Doolhof]

Hi Jen89,

Thanks for posting your story here. Welcome to Beyond Blue. I hope you are able to find some answers here. I would like to help but I have not idea what  DP/DR is.

Have you been to see a Dr. about this?

You mentioned you have been suffering from this for 7 months. Did an event or a situation bring this disorder on?

Do you have some good days in amongst the not so good days? On the better days can you try to do some of the activities you used to do?

Have you looked up your disorder on the internet? I find if I research a condition I am suffering from, then I have better understanding of how it manifests itself, and can try to find ways to cope with it better.

I hope you can get to me and also to others who may not know what the letters stand for either.

From Mrs. Dools

[HA1]

Hi Jen

I don't suffer from depersonalisation/derealisation disorder, but did a quick forum search and found a few threads that discuss these disorders.  You might want to take a look at them.  Just type in depersonalisation or derealisation on the search bar. 

Good luck

K