Derealization | Feeling disconnected (what to do about it!)

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Derealization is a feeling of being disconnected from the world around you. Your surroundings may feel out of place. Things may not seem real. You may be looking for a way to connect again. Let's go over what derealization is and how you can find that connection again with the world around you.
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[@ocdandanxiety]

Have you ever felt derealization before? 🤭

[@annmariemullen6080]

I did once when I was at work and I couldn’t see. I called my husband who picked me up. I figured it was anxiety and took a few days off and that helped.

[@0907092]

I’ve been dealing with derealization and depersonalization for almost a year. It’s so hard to deal with that it used to led me to panic attacks. With time I’ve learned to understand what I’ve been dealing with, my problem is that I keep doing compulsions and checking how I feel. My compulsion is eating, for some reason it’s like my mind think I’m having low blood sugar and I need to eat. The thing is that I don’t have problems with my sugar, and even though I know that I don’t need to eat I keep doing it which has led me to gain a lot of weight. Thanks for making this video. I’ll try to practice what you say.

[@malaikatariq4840]

Dealing with OCD and derealization

[@gautamsaha2631]

Sir I a saw a video on KZbin about symptoms of death and it just triggered by OCD. I just can't forget it and I am anxious

[@plantxarmybtsgrowth5776]

Yeah I have a few times for some seconds or minute

[@dflosounds]

This happens to me any time existential OCD flares up. One theory I've heard is that when you are especially overwhelmed, your brain sort of numbs itself as a defense mechanism. In the same way that anxiety is your brain trying to protect you against an external threat, derealization is your brain protecting you from overstimulation. That can explain why it happens during intense episodes of anxiety, or after traumatic events. It can also explain why it tends to stick around the more we try to push it away, because we keep feeding the anxiety. So next time it happens, try treating it like that sweater you always get from your aunt every birthday. You know you don't need any more sweaters, but just smile and say "thanks", because it means she cares about you.

[@nickname9001]

I've been struggling and beating myself up for years over these and other symptoms that keep me away from enjoying my own life, I've never even considered your points and analogy. Thank you so much, I'm going to try and keep this at the forefront of my mind anytime I feel bummed out :)

[@dflosounds]

@@nickname9001 glad to hear you found my points useful. I've definitely been there! Wishing you all the best.

[@mayra.veronica]

you literally feel your brain going numb. Almost like brain fog right?- me it causes me headaches/migraines too.

[@dflosounds]

@@mayra.veronica Yeah I'd say "brain fog" is a good description too. It tends to happen to me after trying really, really hard to make sense of existential questions, or anything else I'm ruminating over. It's as if the part of my brain that usually assigns meaning to things (I think the "parietal lobe"?) becomes fatigued and just taps out for a bit. It's like, "hey man, I think we need a break". Yeah sometimes I get headaches or migraines during times of heightened stress/anxiety. Maybe it's another way of the brain saying "slow down! I can't work that hard!"

[@nessquik1645]

this is such a nice analogy. it actually made me feel cozy thinking about putting on the extra sweater even if it’s not my favorite

[@joseymagosey]

Coming back to this video 4 months later to say that I’ve finally recovered! No more DPDR or existential OCD, I get to live my life again! So thankful to have gone through this because thanks to all of it I’m stronger now. Sending love to anyone currently struggling with this. I know firsthand how scary it feels, but you can absolutely go back to how you were before, just live your life holding hands with your fear and give it space to leave naturally. Thanks for reading this, you are strong enough to handle this.

[@kirstencorbett2289]

what did you do?? in a bad setback atm 😢

[@User-qz9bo]

Can u talk about how it started

[@rustymullins6623]

Wow..I’m glad to hear this…it gives me hope….suffering from antidepressant withdrawl…

[@kevvyyyy6112]

Was constant deja vu part of ur symptoms?

[@roycemoreno6707]

Yoo I was going to ask the same thing

[@karmic_disaster]

I've struggled with this since I was 10, basically every day for decades. What helps the most for me is just to not fight it, pretend I'm in a video game and keep going through the motions of daily life until it fades into the background again. It's extremely uncomfortable, especially when it hits while driving or having a conversation.. but it's not dangerous. My heart goes out to every one of you struggling with DPDR, too. I thought I was alone in this for so long ❤

[@caleb.acheles]

Thank you for sharing your experiences, I struggled with this every day since I was about that age too. Can't say how glad I am to see this video and these comments

[@alexanderhuseb6723]

Omg Thank you so much for sharing this, I have had it for over a couple months now and been struggling alot, even tho I can do work and do social activities it's sometimes been a struggle which has held me back, I am always scared of loosing vision, sounds and basically myself. But seeing some people struggling with such a mess for years is brave, I literally also considered meds but I got much feedback saying I shouldn't. Appreciate you mate, may god bless

[@caleb.acheles]

@@alexanderhuseb6723 I feel like it's a "hard" problem that won't be resolved easily by straightforward effort, really need to have a lot of grace for urself. I feel it has a lot to do with constant feelings of condemnation in the past and viewing and judging myself from the outside and so unconsciously beginning to think like I am a robot whereby I can control my every move to the tee. No problem mate, God bless u too!! 😊

[@haileye2191]

I struggled with DP for MONTHS until I found this man who created a manual on how to overcome DR/DP. Quite literally saved my life. Please check him out if you’re still struggling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4XChnd4aspmg5Y

[@beel7280]

What 10? How bout your school and is it severe?

[@NebiyuDaniel-ll1jx]

I'm in tears right now watching this in a public library, but it doesn't matter cause my problem for 13 years has finally been answered, I feel this relief & I cannot do much but say thank you Nate.

[@pantegohummus8215]

❤

[@neelkanth3002]

Have faith. We will make it!

[@VincentTseng]

Hope your doing well buddy

[@radiostarsareback]

you are not alone. existence and being human are mysteries. it would actually be weird not to question them. ignorance is not bliss, knowledge is.

[@isabel2051]

we love you stay strong

[@kelsiepierce8213]

Through therapy I've realized that I was dissociated/experiencing DP & DR for my entire childhood. It became chronic after a traumatic event in my twenties; it's been two years and I suffer everyday. There are days when I can cope with it, but most of the time I'm terrified. These comments show that I'm not alone. Hoping for recovery in all of us ❤️

[@dimitrioskultukis2358]

Your not alone!!!! I'm a sufferer too! I've found lamictal and klonopin to help! Besides that I also have other diagnosis so its extra hard but your not alone. Dont ever truly believe that. I'm here for you!

[@dannyaraneo2608]

This video is the most comforting video I’ve seen in my life so far. It’s insane to see how not alone I am, and that my OCD directly relates to this. I never knew what exactly was going on. Everything makes sense now & I feel so much more comfortable. Thankyou

[@DogMommy.]

Same I had ocd and now this .

[@rabiesgirl101]

this is actually so helpful as an anxious person. I will constantly be in my head about things during these periods, now I’m just trying to embrace the feeling like “wooo this is so fun I feel like I’m slightly high and everything is in 4k ultra hd”

[@pinaco.884]

I love the way you try to interpret the feelings, I honestly might even try it myself

[@zoeisanegg]

It’s like I know people say it’s not that big of a deal because your actually ok and have no physical harm but people that have not gone through it don’t understand how scary it can be. Thank you for taking a different approach to it because lots of professionals I’ve talked to have given me technics to calm panic attacks by counting things and grounding myself but that can be something that triggers it for me. Realizing I’m in existence brings me into a derealization episode. I will definitely try this technique of acceptance rather than trying to solve it the next time I get my derealization

[@julietahernandez9203]

Same here bb but we will get thru this♡

[@maggieo1683]

Yes, exactly! Same here. When I practice mindfulness or grounding techniques, lately they haven't only not been helping my dissociation; they've been making it worse. Trying to connect with the idea that me and the world are both real makes me uncomfortable and unsettled, and I'm left spacing out more than I was in the first place.

[@roselia7354]

i often experience this. i first had it when i had an existential intrusive thought. and i panicked. i didn‘t know about my ocd back then, or about derealization/depersonalization. i still have it, along with other ocd themes. everytime i got it, i experienced panic attacks because i wanted to fight this state that made me so anxious. now i just try to accept it as it is, and that it will be going away eventually. i have lived in this state for a few weeks actually (along with constant panic attacks what made the dr/dp worse) and some day, when i finally accepted it and didn’t overthink it, it just went away. i allow it to exist, no matter how bad or horrible it is, knowing it will fade. sometimes i just get so deeply into it that i cannot even talk anymore. i worry so much that people will judge me for it..

[@aceavery5786]

so it does eventually go away ..? i’m scared it won’t.

[@roselia7354]

@@aceavery5786 it does get better with the right therapy. acceptance helped me. try to not give those thoughts any attention, let them pass and acknowledge that they are there. with time, your brain will learn that you are not in danger and the thoughts will fade and get quiet. so to answer your question: yes, it will go away!

[@roselia7354]

@@aceavery5786 your brain is basically trying to protect you by going into DR/DP. knowing that helped me understand and accept it. just know it will go away, you won’t live like that forever.

[@OpenheartOneMind]

How are you doing now? Any updates? Sending lots of love ❤️🙏

[@taidajusovic7915]

I’ve been having derealization/depersonalization for 6 months now. It’s not the first time I’ve had it, when I was 12-15 I had it constantly and could only think about how much I wanted to feel alive again. The recent flare up of 6 months has been excruciating, because it’s the only thing that I can think about. It’s hard to go to school or anywhere else because I’m in constant fear and always feel off balance/like I’m going to pass out. It makes me worried how I will finish school, since I’ve been staying home an awful amount and it’s sad because I’m a straight A student and people expect the world from me. My dad is a psychiatrist and he’s been telling me to face my fears, but we would always just end up in fights when he tried to help me so I finally convinced him to get me a therapist appointment. My first appointment is on Wednesday, it was supposed to be 2 weeks ago but my therapist was sick and it makes me really anxious because on Monday I have to start going to school again (because spring break ends). I really don’t know how to deal with it and I really hope therapy will help me. For the last 6 months I’ve realized that none of my friends or family members are caring enough to listen to my problems and I don’t have anyone to tell how I’m feeling. It feels like I’m going insane because 24/7 I just have philosophical thoughts about what reality even is, if I’m even real, what worth anything has, why I’d even bother to do things if I’m going to die anyway, and so on. They make me extremely anxious and I’ve found myself having to excuse myself to go to the bathroom 2 or 3 times a day just so I could calm down enough to not break down in a full on panic attack in front of people. It’s exhausting and I don’t wish this on anyone, even my worst enemies. This is one of the first KZbin comments I’ve ever written in my life, I just had to get this off of my chest…

[@rae8888]

you’re not alone ❤ i’ve been experiencing this aswell

[@Nico-xt1nn]

very similar to my situation brother. I am a good student but I am currently not in school. I will probably lose my internship which I worked for and I might miss summer because to me right now it seems like going to a clinic again (was in one in December/January) will be the only answer. Even my therapist doesn't know what to do.

[@marqperigrine873]

I feel like everyone feels like they are alone in this, like we perceive other people as being “normal” and not having these problems. Not to be a broken record but I am going through this right now and i know how you feel. I wish me and you the best!

[@FeggyMin]

may i ask if you can update us how you currently feel? did it get better? 🥺

[@PrynceKhan]

You’re not alone my dear, i’m in the same situation myself. There’s a higher power looking after us right now. That’s what gives me comfort. Wish you all the best dear one.😊

[@chlover908]

Derealization lead to my crippling existential ocd... before that, i was a bit anxious but i was FINE... one panic attack set the whoke thing off because i responded with resistance, reassurance seeking, trying to fix and analyze it... wish i knew a year ago what i know now and i wouldn't have suffered the way i did but im glad i know now! I have good days and i have scary days, but no matter what i remind myself that i am safe, ocd is a liar and Derealization is like a protective helmet my body gives me to try and help me chill out

[@marial3301]

Hi Chloe, how are you now? Have you recovered from existential OCD?

[@RJMCA]

This helped me and I felt my heart rush again by accepting and laughing about it. Thank u :)

[@brookepayne960]

i love this!

[@ijmwpiano]

After experiencing depersonalization I notice way more often when other people go from being engaged in the moment to over analyzing what they are doing. It’s hard to explain…

[@alexanderhuseb6723]

No, I totally understand what you mean, its pretty basic strategy for the brain and a simple human to analyse every surrounding doing a mental situation. Its like a computer, once a file is acting weird then the whole computer may collapse just like overwhelming anxiety.

[@planetcemetery3126]

Coming to acceptance and just going with the flow seems to kinda work for me. I’m like “OK, I’m stuck in some David Lynch film or something…” Acceptance didn’t come easily, tho… Be Strong, Dream On 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@codyvaughn1210]

After smoking weed in high school I developed dpdr, thought I was losing it because I continued to feel high for 2 weeks straight. That was 14 years ago and I’ve struggled anywhere between total detachment and a light daily buzz, the daily buzz I’m used to by now, it’s become my norm. I never really have felt like I’ve ever come back. One thing I’ve learned over years of this is to not panic, anxiety makes it so much worse. And it’s also normal to not feel an attachment to loved ones some days. You know you love them but you just don’t “feel it”. And that’s normal, just comes with the territory. On really bad days I find nostalgia to be the thing that helps the most, for me it’s Disney movies, or talking with an old friend. Stirs up feelings of being a kid again when I didn’t feel like this. For anyone struggling with it just know there are worse ways to live, and overtime it does get better, but you have to cut yourself some slack and stop thinking so much. Living in your head just adds fuel to it, get out and do things.

[@Chippy88]

That happened to me one time when I was having a severe anxiety attack do to OCD! Your videos are so helpful and I hope more people come out and start recognizing not just this mental disease but many

[@Ayden-dm2gu]

I needed this 100% ❤❤ much love man

[@vol43]

I have been experiencing this lately and I was so happy and grateful to see your video pop up covering this particular topic. Thank you for your incredibly helpful guidance as always!

[@Bonerstone]

Has come once before 3 years ago but felt normal up until a few months ago. This video makes so much sense and I was doing everything wrong to “fight it”. Thank you so much, so useful to find a video where someone really understands what’s happening to you

[@brunotessidor7431]

Cant put into words how much this video helped me. Thank you! Thank you very much. People like you have a special place in heaven

[@selinderin_karaoke]

I can't thank you enough for making these videos and helping me and those whose have OCD. Your effort is priceless!❤

[@bauloswav]

Hey sending love for all you OCD folks here Thank you for the video my king It helped me a lot You deserve the best

[@zoftle]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve had constant derealization for the past 4 years straight! i really hope this helps me ❤️🙏

[@andrewgreen6429]

Yep this is me right now. I’ve had generalised anxiety/social anxiety/depression since aged 20. I’m 57 now and have episodes of DR from time to time. It can drive me nuts, like my body isn’t really mine and is acting independently of my brain. However when anxiety proper comes along in the form of a panic attack the DR vanishes. I just need to embrace it. Thank you for this video. Subscribed ❤

[@draytonpeterson]

i have had this for a year now and had no word for the feelings. i have told so many people about it and tried to figure out what it was, but you have explained it in a way that i 100% understand and am so thankful for seeing this video. thank you for your videos

[@jeanstankov2005]

I really like this strategy of agreeing with anxiety to take power away from it, thank you!

[@vanessaolivares6408]

Thank you so much for this video! I just started feeling derealization for the first time a couple months ago and I just kept it a secret thinking I was going crazy or unknowingly drugged or like I did something wrong. I did not understand what was going on and felt crazy as I tried to put what I felt into words. This video has made me feel like I will be okay. Thank you for everyone who also commented because I can relate to so many people on here. It is a relief to know I am not the only person in the world who feels this way and this video has given me an actual way to cope with it. I have caught myself lately digging myself deeper into my derealization episodes stressing myself out trying to find a way out and what I need to do is the exact opposite. Thank you once again for showing me I am not alone.

[@goomoer]

Thank you so much. I know it seems dramatic but before I watched this, I was suffering from a horrible panic attack and everything you've talked about has really calmed me down!

[@hanalm1722]

You are actually Right! My DPDR came after struggling with OCD and obsessive thoughts and fighting them. I didn't even knew it was OCD back then. But now I know it's totally connected to it. I'm actually getting so much better now that I took control of my OCD and Anxiety.

[@stevensosebee7452]

Can you tell me a little about ovd thoughts? Like how it works? I just started having panic attacks and didn't even know I had anxiety for years till now and I'm working on how not to be so stressed out. Thank you if you respond ☺

[@SeaUsername]

I have had derealisation since I was a child, I'm 42 now. I had long period where I had overcome it, but after a stressful event a couple of years ago it has come back and I've been struggling again. Thanks for the video, I've watched it about 4 times so far.

[@lu2606]

how do you overcame it?

[@SeaUsername]

@@lu2606 I have no magic answer except just by gradually learning not to fear reality.

[@lu2606]

@@SeaUsername or fearing the dpdr itself? may be? thx for the answer

[@SeaUsername]

@@lu2606 well in my case it was fear that caused my derealisation and not the other way round. But we're all different.

[@SeaUsername]

@@lu2606 to be honest this video was interesting at the time, but it didnt help me.

[@tszkincharm1560]

At the start of university I started feeling derealized, similar to what an ego death is like. I was terrified but after seeing this video I’ve started feeling so much better. Thank you so much genuinely, you’ve saved me.

[@linds1233]

So true. Fear is fear, it means nothing. I’ve built this relationship with my mind that knows it panics at random moments but I’ve learned to have a carefree/non-threatened attitude towards it. Then it leaves me alone and I can function again. But before when this was really hurting me, I couldn’t perform normal day-to-day functions and it sucked! I thought I would be trapped in that mental paralysis forever😢

[@alycreeper]

I'm blown away 😳. You put into words what I couldn't understand for the past 10 months...it's like I've just broken out of a frozen/paralyzed state. The accepting part is so true. If I hadn't let this "thing" (now I know it's called derealization) bleed for the past 2 or 3 weeks, I don't think I would've arrived here.. it is so necessary to let go, even it feels like the world is ending for you. But in order for me to let go without harming myself physically, I had to use my fears to stop myself from doing something I would regret. It's like I just had my own TV show and I'm in the final episode where everything is explained and revealed........

[@lilz8197]

Hi please help can we talk how did you cope up

[@yukina8585]

@@lilz8197 what about now! Are you still suffering?! 😢

[@brookepayne960]

this is amazing! it has helped me so much. i laugh and have found a next level amount of self love and acceptance of myself. understanding where the feeling i have is coming from and how i treat it almost like an open wound that needs a lot of tending to at that moment. i treat myself with so much love, because this is me. and i need to accept and love what my body and mind are doing. i personally think mine steams from trauma, so accepting, being gentle with myself and talking to myself with more acceptance than ever before, has truly been my healer. plus the "maybe maybe nooot" and "maybe i will maybe i won't" gets me every time! 😂

[@Alessandro4528]

Every time excellent content! I can't miss any of your videos Nathan! Thanks man.

[@chlover908]

Having a relapse with covid this evening and this video is so valuable thank you nathan! You the man!

[@canmalatyaloglu8690]

Another perfect video! Your service for us is priceless Nate. Love your work, thank you

[@ocdandanxiety]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@akiyamanea4909]

@@ocdandanxiety I was just wondering maybe ypu can help me. I think I am also suffering from DP, my body feels like it is moving on it's own as if is on autopilot and I am afraid that if I don't check if my body moves I may lose my control of my limbs? When they move it feels automatic, feel very disconnected with my body and it feels like I do not know if it is really me who is making those movements, feel very uncomfortable 😢 How do I overcome this? Does exposure work here also and how would I do it?

[@mementomori_111]

Thank you maaaaan! Your'e my favorite youtuber,you help me through a lot these days.

[@sadiemoreno3642]

This is what I’ve had after bad anxiety challenging my OCD. The OCD burned out and the intrusions feel better but now I have this to obsess over. I do this when I’m stuck at work and I know I can’t panic. This is a new symptom since starting work and stress. I have had it a few times in the evenings but it always goes away. Unfortunately I’ve had this for days and it terrifies me. Like oh yay you’re working on your anxiety and intrusive thoughts? They no longer have power? Time to give you this weird feeling all day.

[@kimm6395]

My son and I both struggle with this. It's hard enough when it's me, but it's devastating to watch him go through it. But atleast I know what he's feeling and I can help calm him down.

[@joannas1642]

Fantastic video! 😊 I've spent hours looking for something that's simplified that I can relate to. The bit about blurry vision, thats me

[@Kimani88able]

Watching your videos helps me. A feeling of relief, because these feelings get stronger and happen more often as I get older. I started seeing a psychologists (I think that's the term) they put me on bupropion, not sure if it's working or not. Once you have this "derealization " you can't un do it you've experienced it you now it "exist. Best thing for me is to keep my mind active.. work, music production, going outside of I'm alone and take in my surroundings while walking my dog. My dog yeah he's real, he loves me thanks Max! Lol Anyway thanks for the video I'm still here on this journey and I've come to learn that I like life, I enjoy my family and girlfriend and djing on Saturday nights. Remember this existence is enjoyable. Peace!

[@DamyanLP]

Wow. First I was so shocked about his approach. But now I'm sitting here, almost in tears, feeling relieved :) This already feels way better. Thank you for this video!

[@ocdandanxiety]

You are so welcome!

[@AbbyElizabeth03]

The fact that this is a real diagnosis/has a name is so important. I was just writing “Why am I crazy?” in my journal and it was making me really sad because I felt so separated. I’m happy that this isn’t a solo struggle.

[@lilz8197]

Hi abby can we talk i have the same symptoms

[@b58andrew]

thank you so much for this video and the information provided within it. my derealization has always come and go. mine though has a weird pattern, doesn't make too much sense but i honestly accept it. lately, i've been obessing about the feeling but now i'm just going to go with it and see what happens. maybe if i don't focus on it so much as i usually do, it'll just fade away or i can tell myself and trick my brain that it's a complete different feeling if that makes sense.

[@mumen4806]

Thankyou man . Knowing about such things is in it self a big thing . I have this thing and i wasn't knowing that this is also like ocd and is called derealization . Thank you .. what about the people who have ocd and these kind of things and they don't know this this is called ocd . That would be hell of a life man . It is worse than some serious physical health diseases. We need people like you .. Thankyou again

[@ck7398]

Wow this video hit the nail on the head for me 💯

[@carlybeckner1853]

Wow. I’ve been waiting for this thank u

[@carlahelin5203]

I have watched so many videos and this is by far the very best! I could relate completely to everything you said. Thank you so much for posting this. I'm going to keep a link to this so that when I come across others suffering it gives me a place to send them to get a little bit of comfort. I had this startup 24/7 really really bad after the birth of my 3rd baby, 20 years ago. Nobody knew what it was. My Midwife and doula said it wasn't postpartum depression. It wasn't until maybe 3 weeks into it that I heard the description of a panic attack that made me think well it's kind of like that but it never subsides. I think it was after I got on a postpartum website that I found out that one other person on that site also had to derealization. We both cried when we found each other as we hadn't known anybody else that had this problem . It's the most lonely feeling ever ! My recovery story is a long one. I have tried about everything under the sun and medications is one of the tools in my toolbox but not the only thing. The one thing I never did try was to embrace the horrible terrible feeling of derealization. Thankfully it has been a thing of the past for the most part but I do feel that in time I'll be brave enough to just say okay so what I have it in whatever just like what you were saying. Lol. I've heard that a lot in different places researching and being a part of online support groups that the only way through it is to embrace it. I just have to thank you so much again for making this video. Everything you said was so spot on. And for those that are suffering man I know how it feels. I can't say that I'm 100% as my reality has changed and things to feel like there's a veil between me and my reality and the people I love and the things that I love but it's doable and it is what it is and I just accept it. If you were to meet me you would never know that I was suffering from anything. The worst of it is way over. I'm a pretty darn positive person and I enjoy the heck out of life!

[@amouzounannieagnondorcas1318]

Mee.too just.3month after m'y girl

[@thissweetlife7250]

I'm so glad I found this channel

[@ocdandanxiety]

So glad you’re here! 💜

[@LEAH-lj9iw]

I LIKE WHAT YOUR’RE SAYING IN YOUR VIDEOS, Everything you say I’m going through it, and watching this video makes me feel relaxed. but i still don’t have guts to go out and eat at a restaurant because the feeling of Derealization just hits me all of sudden and go away in a minute.

[@RichLunaMusic]

That field is beautiful! I’ve been looking for that my whole life I feel like.

[@serrjass]

I felt derealization throughout my life especially when I was young and something happened to me. I just recently understood that it's the brain coping mechanism but until then I beat myself up saying that I should be in the present moment and I always thought that it's my fault that I am not in the present moment. It's tough man. It's tough. But now it's making sense. Throughout those years I never quite grasp what seems to be the problem and I always ends up blaming myself. That "I should be or not be" really pressed me so hard everytime. Even when I figured out what my personality is or like it gave me details how my brain has patterns on how it perceives and decides and manifests in my actions, it still didn't quite connect to the part where I experience this derealization and it often leaves me not knowing how to move forward. Thanks for this man. Was a big help. This really connects to that which I cannot put into words - it's the thing itself - the thought, feeling and experience - it's the delusion of my mind but somehow a fact that I am having whenever it pops up in my existence.

[@JasonOnEarth]

Thanks for this great video. warning, this following comment has some video suggestions and thank yous in it. This is why it is longer than a standard comment about this great video alone. . but thanks anyone for being considerate and nice. TO the Content Creator of "OCD and Anxiety": You explain things in a way that I and I would say many others can understand. I love the examples or symptoms you give of derealization. They are helping me understand it better. I am still, though, trying to take the differences between De REALization and Depersonalization I understand the basics but you explain things in an easy-to-understand way. I just realized this particular video is really recent. I and I will assume many others are looking forward to the separate DePERSONalization video you mentioned in this video you will be making. Oh, no rush on it of course. lol and I am sure you will do a great job explaining it as you did for DeREALization in this video. I LOVE how you mentioned NOT to try to FIX it and get full CONTROL over it. It's like we just maybe adding "to the fire" as they say. BTW, I have OCD, and it was SEVERE during my teen years. I would count things, line things up, count doing something a certain number of times. It sadly SO much control over me. I am a lot older now and barely have an OCD moment but thanks for helping OUR community. This OCD is a devil of sorts and can ruin people's lives. For me, I think I had bad anxiety and tried to control those obsessed thoughts with compulsions. I like to call them "rituals." My mom also had OCD very bad but she got help to vastly reduce her symptoms. I apologize for being so wordy but I bring up my story of the hell I went through to let others they are not alone. They have others going through feeling controlled by OCD while trying to control and overcome it. I am happy to say I once had severe OCD as a teen/young adult and now I am a lot better. I still have OCD but a lot of it has been managed now. If I, someone who felt so tortured thinking if I didn't do certain things something terrible would happen can get control of my OCD there is hope for all you out there!!!!!! Stick in there everybody. and looking forward to when you can get to making the DePersonalization video. I feel almost weird and not sure if I should say the following or not because you have so many great videos and you are the Content creator of your videos and you have devoted so much to help people with OCD... but with the upcoming DePersonalization video maybe you can or not (you never asked me for my opinion and I do not know if I am being rude right now but with apologizing now I think that shows my authentic more and I am just socially anxious and sensitive to expressing my own ideas since you have built up this channel. I have not at all). But yes, me being wordy as usually, Haha, maybe just maybe (or not) you can briefly touch on the differences between your derealization and depersonalization. So many of us who even study all of this can have a hard time wrapping their mind about the true differences. Oh and if you ever link videos to your other videos it might be neat to add a quick link to your Derealization video. And if you can edit the derealization video (if you can't or can... mentioning it in the description may help some folks)... well at the end of the videos may be (or not, just an opinion from a FAN, hehe) link to this DeRealization video. Also, I am not sure if it is easy to do but a link from this DeRealization video to the upcoming dePersonalization video would be great since many of us have a hard time trying to search for the other video but many of us, I am assuming, have had trouble getting the concept of derealization mixed up with the concept of depersonalization. Oh not to be wordy and I will stop very soon, but THANK YOU for your time. I really appreciate it since time is a form of commodity. We have a limited about and it's very nice for you to spend your time (if ya get this far, haha) to read this comment ~ blushes ~ . Oh, PS: if you do decide to post a link to the other video derealization to depersonalization and depersonalization to derealization video (linking both videos so it is easy for us to finally understand the differences between the two comments!) yay! okay, I am your personal cheerleader now. jk. HUMOR IS A FORM OF MEDICINE. ;-) Oh maybe one day way down the future an idea of a video would be the differences and similarities to Derealization Vs. Depersonalization. YIKES, too many suggestions I'm giving you but you give so much time to help us I think it is "proper" to help you with suggestions (no one TELL him to make a video, please. That would be rude, hehe). again, you are helping a lot of people out there with your tips, educational videos and just being an ally to our community. Bless you and thanks for all the videos. It means so much to me and I am sure others who do not like to make youtube comments). oh if you like his content please LIKE and Subscribe. I think adding a comment even just a small thank you comment or that you liked or were confused about a part of his video... I heard at least this can add to this channel being more recognized by others. Google or rather KZbin, I have been told at least, has a computer algorithm, and the more Likes, Subscriptions, and Comments as well (!!!) will help his videos be suggested to people who search for OCD, etc. It is a form of supporting our community. :) Or do not, lol, just saying. which you the best and thank you for reading anyone. Maybe good karma points to you, who knows. Love you all for sticking up with the wordiness but you are a nice, caring community, and you ALL matter!

[@carlybeckner1853]

I loved music when I started experiencing this. No checking, but emotions began to arise and it made me happy:) of course, you’re going to get tired of a song and then it’s not like before, but that’s okay because there’s lots to explore. I felt more connected with my surroundings and at peace.

[@alexanderhuseb6723]

Totally same haha, Just the excitement of hearing sounds and see things makes me happy, without these I would been lost in my head.

[@bunnyoncloud]

Thank you from the bottom of my soul

[@ocdandanxiety]

Thank you so much for your support! It really means a lot!

[@benjamincrabtree3102]

Thank you so much for making this video!

[@matthewhobson4548]

👍🏼 Love the “b roll”.

[@dlvinhafeez9966]

Your videos helped me alot with my OCD thank u so much.

[@Progressivelyyou]

I've had derealisation in very tired/anxious moments of life. Having an episode today. What usually helps? Exactly what you say. When I fully embrace it and let it wash over me. I accept it and I tell it it's welcome to stay, however long it wants to. And I fully accept that this is what reality feels like for a while. And woosh... Usually goes away a few days later. Ill practise this today, and it will be what it will be, and I love life nonethless, I just cant feel it right this instant. :)

[@introvertpunk]

That’s an awesome video, dude! Thank you so much 😊

[@iFiSiKz]

This video is beautiful thank you!

[@alyssaroberts8853]

I seriously love you. You’re incredible, what a great video! The “ it would be great if this lasted forever made me laugh so hard “ 🤣

[@Metaphyical0samak]

I'm Grateful for this video

[@kagemandgravergaard2775]

thank you so much for this video - really gave me some helpful insight!

[@briang896]

This is great. My day goes based off my feeling and checking all day. My emotions control what I do. Some days harder then other. I’m just trying to escape the moment all day. Then later I’m regretting that I didn’t enjoy my self.

[@marywidener1409]

I definitely do the checking. It’s sooo hard not too!! I’m going to try your suggestions for sure!

[@ocdandanxiety]

You can do it!

[@zilkboy]

i tend to question my own existence, for example, “ I don’t exist “ or “nothing is real” , possibly this is derealization or just me going crazy . I will continue to openly greet them (the thoughts), i will agree with them , and i will try my best to be a good person.

[@giannabarret9262]

Me too and it seems with all this crazy stuff in the world rt it amplifies it! I feel connected to the night nature but not much else it's like being an 🦉!!!😊

[@thomasrondeau4488]

I LIKE the way you delivered you explained this, I've had to enter treatment foR my Oob episode

[@rae8888]

does anyone else feel as though it’s just a really bad high and all their surroundings feel unfamiliar. like my home doesn’t feel like my home. i don’t remember how normal feels.

[@danavenzor1169]

I’ve dealt with nearly every type of mental illness since being a victim of prolonged and sustained violence and crime from the age of 2. Decades of learning, and although my conditions are disabling, crippling, devastating, and very tragic, i am fortunate to have been blessed with the strength, resilience, and fortitude to continue. I have been detached from reality for the majority of my sentience I probably will have trouble knowing it if and when I ever find it. I know that I have developed physical problems due to not being able to trust my interpretations of what I’m actually experiencing. This results in me having a “death-grip” on whatever I’m interfacing. Im sure this is why i have overuse conditions like carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, and problems with my feet and legs because I not only feel ephemerally ungrounded, i feel it literally... especially from knees down. Another thing is I feel i cannot totally control my vision and its out of focus psychology due to all the horrors ive had to witness. Another thing is I am one of those people who are “Targets” for predators because I am so detached from everything...it is an exhausting way to live and contributes along with other troubles to keep me so stuck... especially in my bed ignoring the world by contributing to my detachments... I have been very busy with this study and since windows 95 and the internet came on the scene my gain in knowledge is surely exponential. I read of Viktor Frankl and his idea of Paradoxical Intention. It is very similar to the technique you describe here. Well what I want to say is in all my studies on the subject of my psychological condition, this technique has indeed proven to be one of the very most effective and helpful. I have healed in leaps and bounds but I still suffer dreadfully. I ‘m terribly stuck right now in need of an advocate but am having a very hard time asking for help. It’s going to initiate a huge hula-balloo I feel I don’t have the strength to get through. Yes. Yes. I am very strong but i am also VERY tired 😓

[@ernestoalvarado6202]

I’m 34 years old and I have had depersonalization for 8 months, what I believe has helped a lot is minimizing the caffeinated and or decaffeinated coffee intake. Drinking more water throughout the day reminds me that I am improving my health (I was overweight when I was younger and was bullied and when I managed to lose 40 lbs I became more confident and energized, but 2 years ago I developed arthritis on my hips and now I can’t run like I used to therefore my weight is increasing again). Last, I try to embrace this condition and with the help of channels like yours I know this will all pass.

[@Toofargone666]

This was beyond helpful

[@Shnikaz]

Bro, needed this rn 👌🏻👌🏻

[@R34M]

thank you so much for this 😭

[@johnlemon874]

Ever since I watched your schizophrenic OCD video which was yesterday I for some reason feel so much better just accepting whatever goes on and telling myself “yeah, I’m going insane. Maybe I don’t.” instead of checking everything. Its so simple but so effective, at least for me. Still struggling with derealisation tho, hope its just a matter of time

[@jaypalnitkar4400]

Brilliant video ❤️

[@raelauren504]

my therapist sent me this video and it was really helpful

[@veveomigo3690]

I had derealization and the whole 9 yards. I remember feeling hopeless last year searching video after video just wanting every thing to end. No one believed Or understood what i was going through not even doctors. I been in your shoes and God sent me to tell you. Everything will be ok, you will be healed. Plz hold on and dont give up. I know your pain! It is scary! But God got you. I never thought i would heal but i healed…If your diet is bad and you dont get enough nutrients plz look into that! Big factor of what cause mine was malnutrition and lacking minerals.. Also idk for sure if candida was the cause but i was taking cold delivered probiotics highy quality..Also exercise is important i would walk around my apartment complex…barely able to walk one lap the first time…because my panic attacks were so bad. If you are lcking nutrient plz be careful with fitness..Also be around love ones it helps so much! I love yall plz dont give up i know the feeling of giving up…but dont your worth more than that!! You can make it out! Also try juicing cucumbers melons apples and stuff high in h3o2. You could be dehydrated. Idk specifically which one is to blame but i focused and those four things. You will be healed I love you dont give up! God put me through it so I could come back and help others! You got this!!!!!!

[@nadavzandani9396]

I have been experiencing derealization for 3 years straight now from the moment i wake up to the moment i go to Sleep at night. learned with time to completely ignore it for months but until now nothing changed even once from the start (from being 16 to 19 now) . But this video still gives me i lot of hope and information and most importantly the knowledge that there are more people with this feeling similar to mine. Thank you and i hope we all get better with time ❤

[@MsMtheory]

Sooooo glad I found your videos! Ty

[@yoan4152]

I founded out derealization feeling was a "dis-enlightenment experience. A lac of light FLOW / electricity inside my brain & blood. Practicing a continuous & deep breathing (as Wim Hof breathing), re-connects me physically & re-enlighten my perception of life.

[@SimpleWisdom-tm8td]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@annabellamoore5360]

OMG Thank you so much for this vodeo, I had no clue this was what was happening to me. I had tried brain scans to and they told me their was nothing going on with me so I was really scared. I just wish I knew it was this sooner.

[@mild3891]

I have found that with my derealization, I have found that music really helps. It is one of the few things that don’t totally space. So maybe transferring comforts to a different sense may help. Smells are also really grounding, especially spring and outdoorsy smells.

[@davesmith9619]

When I was a child I remember moving and enrolling into a new elementary school were I started to get bullied I remember that feeling of numbness and disconnected but went away as the bullying stopped then in high school I remember we moved again and went to new school but no bullying there just no friends and the feeling of disconnected and numbness again but I guess at that age life just moved on and me with it but now as an adult who has been unemployed because of Coronavirus and the never ending bills the feelings of numbness and disconnected just seem stronger and dominate every thoughts before as a kid my home was my escape but now there is no escape ugh 😔 it's so depressing.. but there is little hope in knowing that I had those feelings and sensations before and they do go away I just forgot how to make it happen.. still in the struggle ✊

[@arbenkrasniqi9271]

Thank you Nate, you are God send

[@ChrisLove2012]

Thank you❤ for this video Thank you

[@ocdandanxiety]

Wowzars! Thanks so much for your support my friend. This really means a lot. I wish you and your family the best!

[@ChrisLove2012]

@@ocdandanxietyThank you for all of your videos for ocd!!

[@q2_20]

I've found wearing my sunglasses inside helps me literally reframe my gaze to engage my peripheral vision and naturally focus more on a calmer, more intuitive, grounded, experience of reality.

[@naasyak]

ive been feeling this since i was 8 and ive always thought im going crazy. thank you for telling me im not.

[@carolinemccullough1895]

Thank you! It’s just my symptom of anxiety! Ignore it and keep busy! I thought it was early dementia…feeling in a dream or I’ve been away and just came home. Simply having a name and knowing it’s as normal as a leg cramp is so helpful and it passes. It’s not the start of insanity

[@thepillow13e39]

Its scary, its surreal, i see my family members as absolute strangers sometimes, but this video reallg opened my eyes on what not to do

[@myafaire1682]

I've always described it as "living from the back of my eyeballs".

[@olivep7920]

Thank you for this video!

[@Blackwidowraya]

This has been really helpful thank u

[@user-gz6cq9jk7s]

I had a derealization episode yesterday. Everything looked blurry, as if there were black dots or a loss of pixels. I also felt sweaty and my heart was racing. I was trying hard to make expressions and nod my head as if I understood what the other person was saying, but I really didn't. I felt like I was outside of my body.

[@jamessawyer9018]

The first time, I was going through this. I couldn't celebrate that I was feeling better. Every time that I did, it would pull me back. Into it.

[@PSALMS-91-15]

I had a bad drug experience which gave me a type of anxiety attack that I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy I've had this about 1-2 years it effects my normal day to day life and all I can say is thank you

[@dillonpeterson1658]

Mental checking is so annoying. I know I can stop doing it. We got this guys!