KatherineProchaska141

Over the course of my dissociative experience I have learned a lot about depersonalization, mainly what aggravates it, alleviates it and how to gain control over it, liberating myself from its heavy chains. The most important lesson depersonalization has taught me is that no matter how chaotic and even psychotic the whole perceptual experience may seem it all traces back to a harmless, yet restricting, feeling of anxiety. Therefore returning back to yourself requires no rocket science and is as simple as addressing the anxiety driving it. So what I did is purchase some literature on anxiety and dealing with anxiety and slowly started analyzing my sources of anxiety. Soon have I realized the absurdity and inadequacy of the anxious thoughts constantly ruminating inside my head and so I began to take corrective measures. I was always apprehensive of new, unprecedented situations and as soon as I started experiencing panic attacks along with depersonalization these emotions became impregnated turning me into a scared, apathetic person who refuses to leave the house and interact at any level due to extensive irrational fear. menopause Therefore what I did to counter this habit is force myself to do the exact opposite of what anxiety dictated. I began by taking small steps such as going to the garden or for a walk with my dog. In psychology this approach is known as exposure therapy and is commonly applied to a variety of anxiety disorders. Although initially I felt worse, as expected, I soon began to realize that none of the threats my thoughts have devised actually took place and instead I remained fine and unassailed. anxiety I also began to take supplements known to be of help in anxiety, which they indeed helped a lot, and exercising among engaging in other activities and techniques profoundly beneficial to anxiety in order to attain more lucidity and bring more ease into my life. The harder I tried to rid myself of anxiety the more I began returning my focus to the surrounding life, instead of my inside world of thoughts, and the better things began to look. Soon I was shaking off the inability to pull off a smile, characteristic to depersonalization, and my sense of humor and sociability returned. I felt like a reborn man who showed more joy in life than ever before. gout All of this has taken me over 10 months in total, although if I have had actively engaged in addressing my anxiety much sooner the recovery period would have been surely much more confined. Hence I encourage anyone who is experiencing depersonalization to start with treatment today so one can experience joy as soon as possible.