Question by stanfordKMT: how to quickly end a feeling of derealization?
If you didn’t know derealization is when everything around you feels fake and it feels like you are in a dream. It’s a really weird feeling I only get it once every couple months so not that often and it can last me from a day to a week to return back to feeling real again. I don’t get it that bad though, as some people do. It’s an annoying feeling and I have it now but unfortunately it makes it so hard for me to concentrate on my studies which I need to do for my exams soon.

Is there anything I can do to snap out of this quickly so I can revise?

Best answer:

Answer by Barry
Depersonalization/derealization: Opester, a therapist with more than 20 years of experience, specialising in dissociative disorders, and former contributor here, provided a post which is well worth viewing at: http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjGm6SZeDl.EmP3AKExBq3fh5gt.;_ylv=3?qid=20070729124635AAGBzdb&show=7#profile-info-418bccfb9324deeab3120af8e1ccb6ffaa Regard DP/DR as being purely temporary.

Advice from other therapists, and sufferers: When affected, run your hands under cold water for several minutes. Adapt the following to your situation: Look around and find 5 colours; feel 4 different textures; smell 3 different odours, and taste 2 different things. Focus on your hands for several minutes, multiple times daily. Try snapping a rubber band on your wrist, lightly, at first, then increasingly harder; remove afterwards, and pocket.

Give the EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you. It is free via the searchbar at http://www.mercola.com “EFT” & “EFT therapists” or www.tapping.com (13 free videos). Professional is best. – There is a version for use in public places, (if you want to, you can claim to have a headache, as you employ the acupressure massage/tapping on your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising: [repeating to yourself in your mind] ) “Even though I sometimes suffer from depersonalization/derealization, I deeply and completely accept myself”. Use the PMR, at http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-stress.html

DP/DR often results from anxiety/panic attacks, so if this applies in your case, see http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/1.html
about anxiety, and/or panic, then pages h, & i. Neo-Reichian therapy has been recommended for DP/DR, but I suggest using the above treatments for at least several weeks, as they may well be all that are required. Also view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization but TMS (radiation exposure) and naloxone (see www.drugs.com ) should be kept in reserve, due to their relative risks.

RECOMMENDED READING:
Derealization, by Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster, & Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder: A Mindfulness & Acceptance Guide to Conquering Feelings of Numbness & Unreality by Fugen A. Neziroglu, & Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self, by Daphne Simeon and Jeffrey Abugel, and Depersonalization: A New Look at a Neglected Syndrome, and The Stranger In The Mirror by Marlene Steinberg and Maxine Schnall, and Depersonalization Disorder Medical Guide by Qontro Medical Guides, and The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele, from your bookstore, or www.amazon.com

What do you think? Answer below!

 

 

Interview with Couples Therapist Bill Robinson at ACE.MP4 – Interview wit Couples Therapist Bill Robinson at the ICCE ACE conference in Kansas City, MO.

 

Couples Counseling Time For Jung Joon Young and Jung Yoo Mi On 'We Got …

Filed under: couples therapist

Many viewers of the show commented that the actor-rocker pair wasn't that serious and affectionate compared to other couples on 'We Got Married' so they decided to seek help of a therapist. The therapist instruct to Jung Yoo Mi, "Ask your husband to …
Read more on KpopStarz

 

Irina Firstein Announces Couples Therapy For Russian Speakers

Filed under: couples therapist

Irina Firstein, one of NYCs premier couples therapist, is pleased to announce the addition of couples therapy consultations for Russian native speakers, in order to help couples and individuals overcome their fears and problems. In addition to offering …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

 

The Holiday Fights All Couples Have

Filed under: couples therapist

"Lots of anxiety gets created when you're bombarded with these negative messages," says Vagdevi Meunier, PsyD, a certified Gottman Couples Therapist and licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Austin, TX. "If you start thinking like …
Read more on Yahoo Canada Shine On