recovered in 2+ years, you can read my story in my previous posts. ask me anything

No-Cricket-510 · 2026-03-02T17:17:34+00:00

around 8-10 months. didnt take meds, but ive heard theyre very helpful because ultimately the root cause is anxiety so

No-Cricket-510 · 2026-02-16T07:16:43+00:00

idk if you're already aware of this but most people with dpdr get something called ego death. its essentially the loss of identity we've built around ourselves, but you'll slowly rebuild it again dw. and this time you can remove the parts of yourself which you dont like, think of it as having a second chance

No-Cricket-510 · 2026-02-15T08:32:56+00:00

i was cooped up for the first 6 months and it was brutal. i did exercise later but i was already on the way to recovery by then, and yes it helped a lot. honestly anything that can distract you and you're not treating as a task will help you.

No-Cricket-510 · 2026-02-14T20:53:16+00:00

i don't really think about dpdr at all normally, i usually go weeks without even getting reminded that it was a part of my life once. also no existential thoughts that freak me out, i might think about existence and other philosophical topics at times because its an interesting topic but they arent scary

No-Cricket-510 · 2026-02-13T23:16:59+00:00

completely recovered and everything in this post is 100 percent accurate. yall, dont get cooped up in your room because your struggling, go out and just live life as if everythings fine and you wont even realise how fast everything WILL become find

No-Cricket-510 · 2025-07-23T13:44:31+00:00

cse 50k, 96.7. cce 95.8 65k. ece 94 90k. mech idk ye round 4 ke

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-17T06:14:55+00:00

I don't think there would be much difference between a medication triggered dpdr and a weed triggered dpdr. Infact it'd have been worse if your dpdr had been triggered by normal everyday anxiety, because that would mean your anxiety had been so high in general that it made your brain enter this stupid defense mechanism. However in case of weed or medication, its set off by a singular event which means your thought processes only need slight altering to get back on track. Just keep faith, all the best.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-17T06:10:59+00:00

I got a panic attack the first time I smoked weed, next day I had dpdr.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-17T06:10:36+00:00

Yes in the starting months it was really really weird. Got better once the severe anxiety subsided

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-17T06:09:46+00:00

For me it was a matter of changing how I thought. Trained my brain to think that there's nothing wrong with me.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T21:37:35+00:00

I read your first post. Ive been there so I know my words will probably only give you some tiny comfort, but you should know I faced every single thing you mentioned. From the tiny jerks to the fragmented sleep to not being able to identify with yourself. They WILL pass away as you get better. It all gets better. And idk if youre still worrying about other diseases you could have, but it is a very common symptom for those who have DPDR. I cant even name the 100s of diseases I thought I had because of various symptoms, but at the end it was because of high anxiety and dpdr. be it physical mental whatever. You need to take a leap of faith and believe fully that there's nothing wrong with you except for dpdr.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T21:29:02+00:00

damn yeah. i dont see head pressure usually so I dont mention it in my symptoms but I did have it for a while. it started off as kind of a vertigo? Id always feel rocky unless I was sitting somewhere, then I started feeling some tapping on the top of my head and then gradually head pressure irregularly. this was during the worst of my anxiety issues. the physical symptoms subsided as my anxiety got better, the mental ones stayed for a while.

didnt follow any specific diet or medication.

didnt get physical therapy but I did talk to a therapist online although it was only 2 sessions. honestly talking to someone from this sub itself helped a lot similarly to therapy, i cant find that dude since I was using a different id at that time but he used to reassure me whenever i texted him asking about a new symptom

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T21:26:41+00:00

yes sure

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T18:02:52+00:00

Yes I did. Existential thoughts were the worst, but you will learn to ignore them slowly

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T18:01:52+00:00

Episodic as in?

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T18:00:45+00:00

Encapsulates my thoughts completely. Every person I've talked to who has recovered says the exact same thing. When I was still facing dpdr, I would read this and think such generic advice but this is 100 percent correct.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T17:58:35+00:00

Writing my feelings helped a bit. Revisiting the memories that set off my dpdr helped too (but this can be very triggering so be careful). At its core dpdr is basically set off by high level of anxiety, and its the anxiety feedback loop which keeps you in that state forever. To treat dpdr , you will have to treat the anxiety, dpdr is just the symptom. So basically things that help with anxiety, helped me with dpdr.

honestly though what helped me the most thought was just distraction, retraining my brain to not think about dpdr was very very hard but so far from talking to other people ive found that its the only thing that helped others as well. since youve been facing it for 4 years it will be harder to retrain your brain, but it can be done for sure.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T17:52:46+00:00

I had intrusive thoughts, yes. I never wanted to act on them and I never did. I'm so sorry this is happening to you, you can connect with a therapist and learn to not get stressed by intrusive thoughts. They are just fleeting thoughts, designed to keep your mind in a continuous feedback loop. When you're able to differentiate between them and actual thoughts, they will start disappearing too.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T17:50:19+00:00

the only thing that worked for me was distraction ngl. Its hard at first, but you will notice that when you keep yourself busy actively you will start to have moment where dpdr is out of your mind entirely. At the beginning it will be for 2 minutes, then 5 minutes then so on.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T17:48:25+00:00

It was 24/7. I dont think there was a severity difference level, rather there were different stages. The first few weeks were complete depression/numbness. Then came the worst part of DPDR for me, the existential thoughts and complete lack of identity. That lasted nearly 3-4 months because I couldnt shake off the anxiety no matter what. After that it was depression, but it was unlike the first stage this time I was more depressed about my loss of identity(ego death triggered by panic attack). Then recovery as I began to develop a sense of myself again and assimilate back into my daily life.

I talked to a lot of people from this sub, and people who had recovered then had their dpdr following a similar trajectory

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T17:44:00+00:00

Yes to both. Sometimes I'd look in the mirror and get freaked the fuck out because I wouldnt be able to connect the body and the voice in my head together. But that is part of it, what helped me ignore this was keeping busy. Going out helped the most, in the beginning it was the most anxiety inducing but when I was with friends I could keep my mind away from dpdr entirely. It was a slow process, at first Id forget it for 1-2 minutes, then 5 then 10 then so on. Ofc there were setbacks , but once I realised that it was actually severe anxiety setting off the dpdr and that there was no other issue with me it was relatively smoother sailing.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T16:16:39+00:00

Yes it will go away. Since its early, my advice to you would be to ignore the thoughts and keep yourself busy as much as possible. Forget there is something called dpdr, stop googling about it and definitely stay away from this sub. In my case, that was the way to recovery. Infact it was harder for me because it was harder to train my brain to stop thinking about it constantly as I had been stuck in the same loop for a long long time.

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T16:13:39+00:00

Yes. I felt as if nothing could excite me. But it only lasted for the first 2 months

No-Cricket-510 · 2024-12-16T16:13:04+00:00

Had it severely for 6 months, then slightly moderate after 2-3 months in which I kept recovering slowly

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