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Has anyone who has overcome unreality experienced what I would call a change or shift? Its like I have convinced myself that the unreal will not hurt me and I feel more "here", real or normal, but that new feeling is kind of scary and making me nervous.

Its almost like you don't know how to feel ...

I also posted this in the OCD Forum.

I'm on Session 10 of the program. I do have some scary thoughts like "Who Am I?" and "Will I hurt myself or someone else", but my worst habit is the constant checking-in. Always asking myself "How does everthing look?" My worst symptom of anxiety is the unreal ...

I'm on Session 10 of the program. I do have some scary thoughts like "Who Am I?" and "Will I hurt myself or someone else", but my worst habit is the constant checking-in. Always asking myself "How does everthing look?" My worst symptom of anxiety is the unreal/depersonalization episodes and that is ...

I know the program tells you to use these forums to your advantage, but one thing I found is that whenever I come to these discussion areas, I leave feeling worse.

I felt like I was really moving forward, but after reading some of these posts, I went backwards.

This same thing happened this past ...

I read an article on Truman Syndrome today and it scared the you know what out of me. I struggle with depersonalization/derealization. When they talk about Truman Syndrome, they talk about reality being distorted. This scares me and makes me think that my dp/dr is going to become this or that I ...

Matt - I could have typed your post. This is my main problem. The thing that bothers me the most. If I could control this, everything else would be better. I went through this back in the mid 90's. It went away after I was able to occupy my mind with other thoughts. It came back this past May after ...

Where did you read this? Everything I've seen explains it like thi: The depersonalization is an obsession. It will not hurt you. It is just your mind stuck in a pattern of thinking. The more attention you give it the more it sticks around.

When Lucinda and Dr. Fisher talk about bewilderment in the introductory video and they mention how your body is using a defense mechanism to help us - does bewilderment mean the same as feelings of unreality, derealization, spaciness or whatever term you want to use?

I posted this in another section of this forum:

My biggest fear in this whole anxiety mess is the unreal feelings. I can handle the panic attacks and the inner nervousness, but I hate the unreal feelings. It has become an obsession. I am always checking to see how things appear. It is very hard to ...

My biggest fear in this whole anxiety mess is the unreal feelings. I can handle the panic attacks and the inner nervousness, but I hate the unreal feelings. It has become an obsession. I am always checking to see how things appear. It is very hard to drive (My most recent and worst panic attacks ...