Comments on: What are these feelings of unreality I feel / depersonalisation? http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/ Anxiety no more Helping sufferers overcome anxiety and panic issues Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter V http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-16853 Peter V Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:58:11 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-16853 I was just wondering if I could get some knowledge on DP, ive had problems with my vision recently where it felt as though my eyes would every now and again skip a beat or like something was moving in my peripheral vision… i also feel a little dizzy and my head can throb.. is this due to over sensitized nerves? I was just wondering if I could get some knowledge on DP, ive had problems with my vision recently where it felt as though my eyes would every now and again skip a beat or like something was moving in my peripheral vision… i also feel a little dizzy and my head can throb.. is this due to over sensitized nerves?

]]> By: Diane http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-16785 Diane Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:49:33 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-16785 Hi all, this is mu first time writting, I have had anxiety on and of for over 30 years. I was doing well having finished my Masters and started a new job. However anxiety has come back big time and the part I am struggling most with is the depersonilsation bouts I am getting.The aanxiety is now affecting my job, my realtionship and I feel like it is taking over again, with me checking myself and panic attavks until I am sick. I am trying to take Pauls advice to live alongside it and take the fear out, however I am really stuggling with this especially the depersonlisation, it scares me and I don't know how to let go of the fear.I suppose what I am asking is any tips on how other people have done this, I feel like I am a bit on a slippery slope and want to reverse and carry on with my life, any suggestions really much appreciated Hi all, this is mu first time writting, I have had anxiety on and of for over 30 years. I was doing well having finished my Masters and started a new job. However anxiety has come back big time and the part I am struggling most with is the depersonilsation bouts I am getting.The aanxiety is now affecting my job, my realtionship and I feel like it is taking over again, with me checking myself and panic attavks until I am sick. I am trying to take Pauls advice to live alongside it and take the fear out, however I am really stuggling with this especially the depersonlisation, it scares me and I don’t know how to let go of the fear.I suppose what I am asking is any tips on how other people have done this, I feel like I am a bit on a slippery slope and want to reverse and carry on with my life, any suggestions really much appreciated

]]> By: Kay http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-16776 Kay Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:49:07 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-16776 Hi, I havnt written in nearly 3 years. In all this time I have been completely ok I am still a worrier but have no anxiety. I want to say thankyou to Paul David cos his book helped me alot. It teaches you that you have the power to to get rid off your anxiety & completely recover. Thankyou !!!! Hi, I havnt written in nearly 3 years. In all this time I have been completely ok I am still a worrier but have no anxiety. I want to say thankyou to Paul David cos his book helped me alot. It teaches you that you have the power to to get rid off your anxiety & completely recover. Thankyou !!!!

]]> By: dominic http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-6227 dominic Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:11:54 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-6227 hi michelle, i know exactly what you mean i have had all this and still get it but i know i gotta hang in there........my email is dominicpanaia@hotmail.com if you need someone to talk to let me know. no one seems to use this thread no more i guess they stopped caring. hi michelle, i know exactly what you mean i have had all this and still get it but i know i gotta hang in there……..my email is dominicpanaia@hotmail.com if you need someone to talk to let me know. no one seems to use this thread no more i guess they stopped caring.

]]> By: Michelle http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-6085 Michelle Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:54:03 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-6085 I like this site especially when I wasn't the only one who was happy one minute and dizzy and down the next. Derealization is very bad. I am tired of it.. has anyone tried Lucinda Basset or Linden Method? I havn't but heard it is good but just wanted to make sure if it REALLY helps with derealization and depersonalization....I had this from weed and had it once before I done weed..actually I smoked that day but had it hours later from multi tasking some things...wasn't all bad..got over the derealization the next day and forgot it but the second time REALLY scared me and now I feel likeI am in a dream and so sick of all this. I hate to think Iam hallucination all this and dreaming this but at the end I am more aware and nice but I hate living like I am okay and 'normal'.....any ideas anyone? I like this site especially when I wasn’t the only one who was happy one minute and dizzy and down the next. Derealization is very bad. I am tired of it.. has anyone tried Lucinda Basset or Linden Method? I havn’t but heard it is good but just wanted to make sure if it REALLY helps with derealization and depersonalization….I had this from weed and had it once before I done weed..actually I smoked that day but had it hours later from multi tasking some things…wasn’t all bad..got over the derealization the next day and forgot it but the second time REALLY scared me and now I feel likeI am in a dream and so sick of all this. I hate to think Iam hallucination all this and dreaming this but at the end I am more aware and nice but I hate living like I am okay and ‘normal’…..any ideas anyone?

]]> By: dominic http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-5855 dominic Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:33:15 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-5855 oh and sometimes i feel sick to the stomach and get this real light headed deep feeling of dread and i just feel like i have a blanket wrapped around my head i feel like i am trapped inside my head and i panic because i feel like i might forget where i am or i keep feeling like im going to loose my way.......i also get these feeling of like iv been away somewhere and cant seem to phatham what i have done for the last few years kind of like m thought are going faster that my head can keep up with and it makes me panic and it is pretty scary. oh and sometimes i feel sick to the stomach and get this real light headed deep feeling of dread and i just feel like i have a blanket wrapped around my head i feel like i am trapped inside my head and i panic because i feel like i might forget where i am or i keep feeling like im going to loose my way…….i also get these feeling of like iv been away somewhere and cant seem to phatham what i have done for the last few years kind of like m thought are going faster that my head can keep up with and it makes me panic and it is pretty scary.

]]> By: dominic http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-5853 dominic Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:39:29 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-5853 please help me i get alot of weird feelings i get dizziness, brain fog, derealization, fatige i get cramping type feeling in back of my head ear itchiness, nausia feeling in my stomach when some one slams a door or makes a banging sound i feel it more in my back then i do the sound in my ears i have racing thoughts i hear alot of noise in my head some nights i have restless sleep and sometimes im a little moody because of it. have never taken drugs or i dont drink alcohol i used to smoke for a couple of years but i quit when i had an episode.... i was trying to sleep one night and i got a weird feeling in my body like it had shut off and then i got up and slapped water on my face but i felt vibrating through my body i freaked out and had this rushing feeling up the back of head continuously hitting me every 2 seconds in waves i went to the ER and they told me to wait by the time they got to me i had gone it had stoped and i felt better but still really weird it had followed me around for 18 months now and whilst i still work and im all right i have had a couple of blood tests and an MRI i have seen a ENT Dr nothing has been found a liitle sinus problem but nothing big...i feel like i am in a movie most of the time i have never had heart pulpitations and never sweat when anxious i constantly tap my foot and i get really scared when i get any weird pain in my head. and i always see colous in my vision i stil have a good IQ when i take the test and i dont get huge highs and real bad lows im getting scared because if some one even mentions death i get anxious and go for a walk. i seen a therapist for 6 months but she never taught me anything she said i was already a cognitive thinker and make assumtions that i may have somataform disorder ( unlikely because thats intense ) she never offered me any constructive advice to what it was that i could have been feeling please tell me if you can help i dont want this to manifest into depression over this whole ordeal i have gotten really good at fighting this but i some days are hard to grasp i feel like i have got no head and i feel like i am letting this beat me. HELP please please help me i get alot of weird feelings i get dizziness, brain fog, derealization, fatige i get cramping type feeling in back of my head ear itchiness, nausia feeling in my stomach when some one slams a door or makes a banging sound i feel it more in my back then i do the sound in my ears i have racing thoughts i hear alot of noise in my head some nights i have restless sleep and sometimes im a little moody because of it. have never taken drugs or i dont drink alcohol i used to smoke for a couple of years but i quit when i had an episode…. i was trying to sleep one night and i got a weird feeling in my body like it had shut off and then i got up and slapped water on my face but i felt vibrating through my body i freaked out and had this rushing feeling up the back of head continuously hitting me every 2 seconds in waves i went to the ER and they told me to wait by the time they got to me i had gone it had stoped and i felt better but still really weird it had followed me around for 18 months now and whilst i still work and im all right i have had a couple of blood tests and an MRI i have seen a ENT Dr nothing has been found a liitle sinus problem but nothing big…i feel like i am in a movie most of the time i have never had heart pulpitations and never sweat when anxious i constantly tap my foot and i get really scared when i get any weird pain in my head. and i always see colous in my vision i stil have a good IQ when i take the test and i dont get huge highs and real bad lows im getting scared because if some one even mentions death i get anxious and go for a walk. i seen a therapist for 6 months but she never taught me anything she said i was already a cognitive thinker and make assumtions that i may have somataform disorder ( unlikely because thats intense ) she never offered me any constructive advice to what it was that i could have been feeling please tell me if you can help i dont want this to manifest into depression over this whole ordeal i have gotten really good at fighting this but i some days are hard to grasp i feel like i have got no head and i feel like i am letting this beat me. HELP please

]]> By: JAN http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-4880 JAN Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:23:53 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-4880 Am I ever grateful for having come across this website! It hasn`t cured my dp and feelings of unreality but it has reassured me that I`m not as mad as I thought I was! I know exactly why I have been suffering on and off for years now, I guess! I have always had this awful, awful fear of death and whenever anyone close be it friend or family has died - its when these feelings rear their ugly head! Because then I start the analysing - what`s life all about, completely pointless, analysing myself - why am I me, what am I made up of - about 90% water which then makes me feel even more unreal. This time I have been feeling like this for about 7 months - due to 2 people dying during last year, and I thought I was eventually beginning to cope with it quite well and could see a light at the end of the tunnel, when 3 weeks ago - my ex-husband went and died suddenly. My partner and I had always had a good relationship with him after I parted company with him and I still cared a lot about him! So it has set me right back to square 1 again! I sometimes wonder just how much more my poor old mind will withstand! But what most of your posts say is me to a T!! I just wonder if any of us will ever be completely free of it! But all know is that this website helps me immensely - doesn`t cure but helps! Am I ever grateful for having come across this website!

It hasn`t cured my dp and feelings of unreality but it has reassured me that I`m not as mad as I thought I was!

I know exactly why I have been suffering on and off for years now, I guess!

I have always had this awful, awful fear of death and whenever anyone close be it friend or family has died – its when these feelings rear their ugly head!

Because then I start the analysing – what`s life all about, completely pointless, analysing myself – why am I me, what am I made up of – about 90% water which then makes me feel even more unreal.

This time I have been feeling like this for about 7 months – due to 2 people dying during last year, and I thought I was eventually beginning to cope with it quite well and could see a light at the end of the tunnel, when
3 weeks ago – my ex-husband went and died suddenly.

My partner and I had always had a good relationship with him after I parted company with him and I still cared a lot about him!

So it has set me right back to square 1 again!

I sometimes wonder just how much more my poor old mind will withstand!

But what most of your posts say is me to a T!!

I just wonder if any of us will ever be completely free of it!

But all know is that this website helps me immensely – doesn`t cure but helps!

]]> By: greta http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-4742 greta Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:08:08 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-4742 Hi to everyone, I'm an italian girl, so sorry if my english is not perfect. Anyway, I always had this feeling of depersonalization and anxiety, but what I notice is that for all of you is like a soundtrack of your day but for me is like a flash, it is a second of deep confused feeling of I'm not myself, panic and then I feel confused ( I know who I am and bla bla bla, but I start questioning life, the meaning of everything and the nonsense of everything) ... It is almost painful... sometimes I have the generalized depersonalization but what I hate is the flash of dp and dg... I would like to understand if I am the only one who feels this or there is someone else who had this before... Hi to everyone,
I’m an italian girl, so sorry if my english is not perfect. Anyway, I always had this feeling of depersonalization and anxiety, but what I notice is that for all of you is like a soundtrack of your day but for me is like a flash, it is a second of deep confused feeling of I’m not myself, panic and then I feel confused ( I know who I am and bla bla bla, but I start questioning life, the meaning of everything and the nonsense of everything) … It is almost painful… sometimes I have the generalized depersonalization but what I hate is the flash of dp and dg… I would like to understand if I am the only one who feels this or there is someone else who had this before…

]]> By: Kay http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2007/12/17/5/#comment-3987 Kay Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:07:53 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-3987 i too suffer from a dp sometimes about three times in my life and its awful i am a very otgoing down to earth person who loves life and this dp happens after a big period of stress its like someone has switched on a button and everything seems strange, sometimes i feel strange and sometimes i am just hyper aware of evrything i do. anyway to get rid of this A-ACCEPT THIS IS HOW U FEEL FOR THE TIME BEING B-DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT C-DO NOT ANALYSE HOW U FEEL D-KEEP BUSY DIVERT YOUR MIND E -CARRY ON UR LIFE AS NORMAL DONT LET THIS FEELING STOP U DOIN ANYTHING eventually this aspect of anxiety will just dissappear when u no longer give it any attention its just like a bad habit that u have formed good luck i too suffer from a dp sometimes about three times in my life and its awful i am a very otgoing down to earth person who loves life and this dp happens after a big period of stress its like someone has switched on a button and everything seems strange, sometimes i feel strange and sometimes i am just hyper aware of evrything i do. anyway to get rid of this A-ACCEPT THIS IS HOW U FEEL FOR THE TIME BEING
B-DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT
C-DO NOT ANALYSE HOW U FEEL
D-KEEP BUSY DIVERT YOUR MIND
E -CARRY ON UR LIFE AS NORMAL DONT LET THIS FEELING STOP U DOIN ANYTHING

eventually this aspect of anxiety will just dissappear when u no longer give it any attention its just like a bad habit that u have formed

good luck

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