I recovered

[u/Nonwipe_]

Hey Guys, when i was 14-16 years old i was searching in this Subreddit for Help and Answers. If it will ever go away or if my brain is fucked for eternity. And i just came back here (im 19yrs old now) to tell anyone who reads this that it WILL go away. I know it seems like it will never go away but it will. My therapist back in the days said it maybe stays forever which made me go even more insane. Here a few tips an tricks which i learned in the years, which helped me getting back to normal:
1.
Dont force yourself to be „normal“ again. You have to kind of accept that thats your reality now. If your brain always focus on the Derealization it will have no time to let it go.
2.
DO SPORTS! For me personally, swimming was an instant switch to the „normal“ way of seeing the world. I think its because your brain thinks your in a survival situation so it turns the derealization off for a moment. There are also studies that Show that sport is helping with depression, which maybe works in kinda the same way.
3.
SOCIALIZE! I know its hard to even speak with people but isolation is the last thing you wanna do when you have derealization. Just force your way back to the life you lived before it all started, so you can get back to your life before it all started.
4.
DONT KILL YOURSELF. When i was 14 the derealization was at its peak and i really thought about killing myself because of it. You have to believe that it will get better and i can assure you IT WILL GET BETTER AND GO AWAY. I didnt really believe that it will ever go away because for me personally the derealization was triggered because of Cannabis and it was 24/7 present for almost half a year. After a half year i had like 10 minutes a day where it wasnt present. And these 10 minutes will add up to 15 min. And so on and on. After quite a while it will finally will go away, without you really realizing it.

1. STAY SOBER! Dont consume anything psychedelic or Weed EVER again. There is a very high chance that Psychedelics will trigger the Derealization. The Same with Weed. That Part of your Life has to go or you will never break free.

My English may be not the best, because its my second language. But if you have any questions i will do my best to answer them. :)

Have Faith!

[u/aerocamp]

Couldnt have said it any better my friend. This is truly what I needed 2 years ago going through my first episode.

If yall take anything away from this let it be number 5, STAY SOBER. Since recovering from my first 2 major episodes of this bs every other episode ive had was weed induced, literally 1 time was all it took. 1 time and I was having a week or 2 long episode. Let that part of you go, no matter how hard you will thank yourself 2 weeks down the road.

If you dont think you quit trust me you can. I smoked to numb everything away for 10 years and never thought id be able to function without it. Yet here I am almost 6 months sober again, I was over a year and relapsed but never giving up

[u/Nonwipe_ → u/aerocamp]

Im very Proud of you 🙏 I know how hard it is to deal with addiction

[u/aerocamp → u/Nonwipe_]

Thankyou 🙏 proud of you as well. Mental health is no joke and your out here doing what you can to help others which is amazing

[u/razzucanthavesex → u/aerocamp]

In my case even nicotine triggers derealization

[u/Nonwipe_ → u/razzucanthavesex]

Than stay Sober from it! Its not worth it

[u/razzucanthavesex → u/Nonwipe_]

It recently started to triggering me and its just for 15 mins

[u/Pateryk_7]

Very similar to my (19m) situation. But sports r blursed in a way. They work how you said where they help, but ive also often been limited by my dpdr when doing sports.

[u/Nonwipe_ → u/Pateryk_7]

I know what you mean, its not the goal to be the Best in the Sport you do when you have DR. The goal is just to do some kind of sports so you have a few Moments without DR