Hey everyone, forgive me as i have posted about this before. Has anyone had experience dealing with depersonalization as they try to reboot? I have had dp off and on for years but as i am getting further away from porn the dp has definetly gotten worse. I am on day 52 right now. Has anyone had any experience with dp during the recovery and anything that helped. Any tips would be helpful.
I've read about this dp two days ago. Well... I experienced something like that before... I've won against depression and this was part of my journey as well... I don't know how to cure you from dp. I really don't but... It's okay to question and feel weird... but you should´know that this is a illness. Now a personal development phase or something... like depression can make you grow strong and change you to the positive.... imagine it like poison. If you survive and fight... you can get stronger but you can also end up.... dead. First of all... you need to accept reality that everything is real.... the good and the bad... but that's okay. You decide how your lifes goes... Don't overthink it too much! Try to let go of all those worries and listen to joyfull music. ALSO GET SOME PROFESSIONAL HELP
I had a real of bad case of depersonalization a few years ago (2016) and I did not not know why I was getting this, this was all before starting NoFap. I had really bad mood swings, I had no emotions, super depressed and it was really hard for me to be genuinely happy with life. I seeked a therapist but never followed through because I knew personally she wasn't going to help me, but it might help for you. Now this is a battle your going to have to fight yourself. Today in my life I've notice my DPR has reduced drastically, I do has mood swings occasionally but not as bad as before. But what i wanna say is.. you need to push yourself and keep going, socializing and being around people will help you the most, don't just text friends but go be with them, this is how i pulled myself out, LIMIT yourself from technology, phone, computer, otherwise you get stuck in your own little world, talk to people you can trust about it, parents for example, this helped me a-lot as well and don't hold it to yourself, it too painful, hopefully this helps, let me know if you have any more questions or concerns that I can help you with, Good luck, your gonna get passed this.
DP/DR is merely a side effect of anxiety and/or depression. It's scary if you don't know what it is but once you realize that is only a side effect its much easier. Also, yes, there is hope. Watch these videos:
thanks to everyone for posting there advice and encouragement. I think this is the longest i have gone completely without any kind of porn so i am definetly feeling the PAWS, it took me a couple weeks to go into the flatline i think my brain has been so wired it took a while for it to get across that it wasn't going to be going back to porn use for relief. I'm on day 53 now, I'm just hoping the extreme anxiety dp goes down some.