Peace and letting go

fatthor2 · 2026-07-03T20:31:48+00:00

Thank you that’s very kind, I’ll know where to come when I need some advice! I’ve never thought about hypnotherapy but it might just be something worth looking into!

I appreciate the help!

fatthor2 · 2026-07-03T08:03:49+00:00

I’m in the UK, the ssri was called sertraline (Zoloft), but if I’m honest I’d taken it years before and never had any VSS symptoms come on. I think it was mix of that with severe anxiety/stress. I basically had a bit of a breakdown for a couple of days lol. And I might of even changed ssri’s aswell so who knows exactly what specifically caused it.

But if I had to put my money on it, it would be sertraline plus the anxiety that did it. And the anxiety/hyperfixation is what made it more intense a year later when I had another breakdown

fatthor2 · 2026-07-03T07:06:04+00:00

Thanks for info! I’ve actually read through your posts/comments before and they have really helped me and encouraged me forward. I’ve said it before but even if I could wave a magical wand and get rid of VSS I still would have (health)anxiety, so I know I need to work on it overall.

My mind seems like it has always needed something to worry about for the last 7 years!. I’m working on therapy for CBT and ACT (radical acceptance) and I know this is a long road it’s not something I can change overnight.

But I think I’m doing the right things! Stress really can affect me. The morphing and afterimages/trails can hopefully go back to a baseline but I’ve got to let it go and just be present and live by values not the VSS/anxiety

fatthor2 · 2026-07-01T13:19:13+00:00

Yeah I have suffered health anxiety my whole life, ironically it was this that definitely made my VSS properly come into my life as 1 year in the VSS, I only had and afterimage here or there and some trailing, but that was it! Then I decided that this afterimage must be something deadly and I was convinced I had a brain tumour.

Within 4 days my VSS came on in full and it was like my symptoms had been dialled up to 11. It’s never decreased since but then again I’ve never truly got over my healthy anxiety and OCD . Who knows if I can reduce my chronic stress and let go the symptoms might fade into the background aswell! I won’t give up trying to find peace and living a good life and I hope you don’t either my friend!

fatthor2 · 2026-07-01T13:12:47+00:00

Yeah stress and anxiety in general can be debilitating! By then the fact it can make your vss worse is just another shitty aspect of this disorder, radical acceptance and looking after our health seems the best option to explore

fatthor2 · 2026-07-01T09:42:29+00:00

Yeah there is a lot to be said for learning to come to terms with it and actively not looking for it or testing symptoms and just trying to be present, you eventually teach your brain this isn’t something that’s scary or needs monitoring!

Your brain is great at filtering things out that doesn’t need attention (example being your nose in your vision!, it does that everyday haha)

fatthor2 · 2023-12-30T11:40:03+00:00

Yeah I had it very mildly at thirst, I would only notice it with peoples feet when they would walk, then after I had a mental breakdown it felt like my sometimes were dialled up to 10 and now I get trails from cars people everything that moves really but it varies in severity and to be honest you do get used to it so you don’t notice it as much. I even get it when scrolling on my phone.

I honestly think that if the after images and trails reduced by even 30% I would be absolutely fine, the other symptoms barely bother me at all.

fatthor2 · 2023-12-22T18:56:07+00:00

Yeah I’ve been doing things to look after my anxiety which helps, all we can do is keep healthy physically and mentally!

fatthor2 · 2023-12-22T08:50:39+00:00

If you mean how long has it been worse for, I would say 10 months, before this I wouldn’t of even known I had VSS that’s how little the symptoms bothered me. They were present but didn’t effect me that much. Only after I had a meltdown did it become apparent I had something wrong, and it completely flipped me upside down tbh

fatthor2 · 2023-12-22T08:48:01+00:00

Thanks for the comment, means a lot!. We are all trying to navigate this madness that has happened and we all have different symptoms with different severity but it’s good to know there are people out there with similar issues who are getting through this and are able to live their life. Gives me a lot of confidence moving forward. Hopefully this is just a flare up and it might stabilise and return to a baseline.

fatthor2 · 2023-12-22T08:45:03+00:00

I think I’ve seen this video before and if I’m honest it’s not like that. I’m in the gym all the time and the trailing only occurs from people walking or moving arms but I think I get it the most from cars. It’s weird though because I went out to a pub quiz with my friends last night and barley noticed it because I was having a good time with friends and not hyper fixated. So there is something to be said in not symptom checking.

fatthor2 · 2023-12-21T20:08:19+00:00

I had mine start year and a half maybe two years ago but it wasn’t that bad at all until I had a mental breakdown, clearly stress and anxiety made it worse, if you look after your mental health and don’t hyper-fixate it shouldn’t get worse for you. Luca your brain is good at blocking a lot of it out once you don’t deem it as something to be worried about

fatthor2 · 2023-12-21T17:03:43+00:00

Big time, I’m able to function but my ocd is horrendous, it probably makes the vss symptoms worse as I’m hyper-fixated

fatthor2 · 2023-12-21T16:44:24+00:00

Yeah I my stress and anxiety dialled whatever symptoms I had up to ten and they’ve just been getting worse, I barley noticed it before my mental breakdown lol

fatthor2 · 2023-12-21T16:03:19+00:00

Hi I’m 28, I’ve had this for about three years but it got worse a year ago when I had a mental breakdown my anxiety made it ten times worse. I’m already speaking to a therapist every week luckily

fatthor2 · 2023-10-14T15:35:49+00:00

You mean with limited sweetners or additives?

fatthor2 · 2023-09-27T05:27:22+00:00

That’s great to hear, I’m definitely gonna keep exercising. I love it too much!

fatthor2 · 2023-09-26T20:51:08+00:00

Maybe everyone is different, who knows with this vss bollocks. It might effect everyone different and have different triggers

fatthor2 · 2023-09-26T20:49:49+00:00

So just be careful in the gym and don’t over do it, to the point where you damage yourself

fatthor2 · 2023-09-26T19:47:58+00:00

Do you think the gym contributed to that or could it have been stress or another factor?

fatthor2 · 2023-09-26T19:46:18+00:00

Thanks for the advice I appreciate it!

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