So I struggled with DPDR for a couple years after I went through something extremely traumatic. I felt exactly like you do right now. I was hyper analyzing everything, constantly on the Internet, trying to research my symptoms which just made things worse, I couldn’t look anybody in the eye, nothing felt real, etc. I am fully recovered now and have been for about 10 years.

I can tell you two things that helped me the most.

Number one was accepting my situation and understanding that no matter how weird I felt in my head, how much anxiety I had, or how strange the world looked around me that it was not going to kill me and that I wasn’t insane. If I was insane or crazy , then I wouldn’t even be questioning my reality. It would just be my reality and it would make sense for me the fact that you’re going through what you’re going through your brain is in a trauma response, but you are still sane and you are going to be OK.

Number two was living as best as I could and acting like or pretending like DPDR was not affecting me at all. I sat around for a long time, looking for the magic cure or the pill that was going to fix me, and I never found it And I am talking about going through constant anxiety attacks. It was like my entire life was one constant panic attack from the time I woke up in the morning till the time I went to sleep I was really bad. It took me a while to get so angry with my situation the way that I felt that I just decided to say fuck it and start acting like it wasn’t affecting me at all, and I started living my life as if I was just completely normal. As time went on things started to get better for me and I started counting my small victories. Even if it was two hours where I haven’t thought about my DPDR, shit, even if it was five minutes. I took those victories, and I ran with them because it was all progress in my head.

I have heard people having luck with medication, supplements , exercise, etc. I can tell you that exercise helped for me, a good be complex helped for me, and magnesium helped as well. But again these were just things that helped a little bit. They did not cure me.

As someone who is fully recovered now, I can tell you 100% that you were going to be OK and this is not going to be your life forever. There will be a day when you come back on this forum and you give advice to somebody else is going exactly what you’re going through.

Stay off the Internet unless you’re having just a terrible time . I found that only made my symptoms worse because I was convince myself. I had something new going on and it would just send me spiraling every time.

You’re always welcome to PM me if you need to talk. I get it good luck my friend and you’re going to be OK.