u/cinephile_whimsy

Hey everyone, I am currently 17 years old and have had dpdr (derealisation/depersonalisation disorder) for essentially my whole life, I’ve gone my entire school career with it and it’s still something I deal with every single day.

I’m making this post because I want to help people, I know how scary it can be when you feel so unreal and I know it’s hard to accept your reality, but all hope is not lost!

Obviously I can only speak from my personal experience (which I have a lot of haha) but I have found methods and techniques that are truly helping me every single time I feel myself stressing out.

If you’d like any advice let me know! It sucks that there isn’t a ton of information on dpdr and its exact causes but I’ve been studying it for quite a while and am learning new things all the time.

If you ever feel like there’s a kind of glass door that’s trapping you from feeling real and participating in the real world just remember that’s it’s not the reality, it’s your brain trying to protect you from whatever caused your derealisation, ground yourself and find things you love to help keep you distracted!

Just wanted to put this out there.