derealization

[shameson]

Consider meditation. Seriously.

I've had a few of these episodes and you can attempt to decipher and analyze it all you want, but when it comes down to it you just need to accept that fact that it's there. Next time it happens, as soon as you notice it, just sit down and tell yourself that it's happening and it wont last. (Easier said than done, i know.) After that you need to identify the triggers so you can go about fixing the issue.

My main trigger was/is stress. For example:If i had a gig the next day, or a date later in the week with a girl i really wanted, *insert possible stressful situation here* then chances are the night before I would be pacing around and experiencing what you described. Sometimes it would happen the day before, a week, 2 weeks, whatever. Anyways, one day about 10 minutes after I woke up i felt like I was greening-out. (the way-too-high feeling people are describing here.) I paced around for a bit and was just generally having the worst emotional feelings I had ever felt, so i decided maybe a shower would help since they always help me sort out my thoughts. So i turned the water on, sat under the shower and attempted to figure out what the fuck was going on in my head. I started adjusting the water from cold to hot and kind of came to the opinion/realization that although the cold was uncomfortable, it was manageable and i was in control of it. After that I started to dive a little deeper in my head and try to get a grip on where my thought process was coming from and why I was reacting in this way. Took a little practice but i came to terms with about 80% of the shit that i was worrying about just didn't really matter. Tweaked my lifestyle a little bit after that and never looked back. Now I do still get these occasionally and do have the occasional green out, but I can literally get over them in minutes. Good luck.

Anxiety/stress is the most problematic thing for me. Like you did, I tried to tell myself all the shit is was freaking myself out about didnt matter. But I found the more and more I tried that, the worse it hit me cause then I get stressed over what happens by me not caring about it lol but you're totally right, worrying about pointless shit is well...pointless, but its hard cause I can't always seperate what's really worth stressing over and what isn't.

Glad you found something that works for you though

I have suffered from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for the 4 or 5 (most likely more) years of my life. It really surfaced in recent months through my test-taking at school, however I was able to receive accommodations from my school, and now get my own room for test-taking, when needed. Stress is a major issue for me at times.

I had a pretty traumatizing event in my life early last year, during my first quarter of college. I had a severe heat-stroke after an intense workout (which i've since done several times with flying colors). My body was in the process of shutting down and I was on the verge of incurring brain-damage, but several of my teammates, along with the athletic trainers at my school and paramedics saved my life.

Damn man that's crazy. Good thing you came out of it alright. Something like that certainly puts your life in a different perspective

[lolcantturn]

So after trying to make myself as active as possible, spending my time outside more, and finally putting my E30 on summer tires and stiffer springs (aka it's actually fun), I've thought about derealization a lot less, thus it occurs a lot less and I'm able to control it. I've been taking a lot of vitamin supplements, omega-3's (reduces anxiety), and 5-HTP which has been known to increase levels of serotonin. I feel pretty good 90% of the day as opposed to feeling derealized just about the entire day.
The only thing that bothers me is the 10% of derealization I get when I'm about to sleep (cause going to sleep is when you most think about shit) and I sometimes question existence (never have before) which can cause a little anxiety.

the biggest thing to do is accept that you feel derealization, and that it's just happening because you're thinking about it so much, even when you think you're not, you still are.

[Thizzelle]

it's the matrix

[dougie30]

I used to smoke a lot, then randomly one day I had a bad panic attack and ever since then any time I smoke I get a bad panic attack and I can't help it. I'm not sure if its what you guys are talking about but I have a conversation in my head about why I smoke if it makes me feel this way and I just freak out..

It never used to happen to me which is weird, and when I'm not high I still want to smoke but I know this will happen every time so I just quit cold turkey and honestly I don't mind not smoking I feel sharper and more intelligent lol so I guess its a good thing.

Sorry if this doesn't apply to the derealizaton thing

[TwoJ's]

thank r3v for opening up my brain to a whole lot of fuck.


but tbh, I've never really felt this way, but time to time i think about similar things.

what is the point? why is all of this happening? is this predetermined? do my actions really make a difference?

the feeling of being part of some sort of grand scheme sitcom like the truman show idea.

but after thinking all these things, i just sit there and realize, no matter what happens everything will be okay. no matter what is truth and what is not i will live to see another day. and if i were to die today i will have believed in what i feel and no matter what happens next, i dont regret feeling content, i dont regret being okay with the ideas i had about life and shit.


truth is life is a mystery. you'll never know anything for certain, and you'll never know whats real and whats not. all you need to know is how to accept it and continue on with your life.



sorry if i strayed off topic at all, hope some of you guys find some insight in some of this.

as long as you are well and healthy you should be happy as fuck, because others are often less fortunate. and even those who are less fortunate have shit to be happy about.

Getting all epistemological in here.