Dušan's Depersonalization Recovery Story (2023)

04:12 Panic Attack on Ecstasy
07:58 "Resisting the urge to not break down in tears"
09:34 "It felt like my face was falling into itself"
11:16 Multiple panic attacks every day
17:12 "What have I done to myself?"
18:31 Dušan's DPDR Symptoms
21:12 Music sounds wrong
22:30 "I can't have fun anymore"
26:04 The reason you can't enjoy music with DPDR
34:00 Speaking to parents and doctors
42:20 Not researching DPDR
45:02 Thoughts about Self-Harm
48:09 Medication
51:43 The Very Lowest Point
53:58 DPDR Birthdays are so hard
1:00:42 Evolutionary Problem-Solving
1:07:57 The brain solves problems in the background
1:08:33 How did recovery start?
1:12:06 To experience DPDR is to be human!
1:13:08 What does DPDR recovery FEEL like?
1:16:04 "It's back and it's worse than ever!"
1:20:19 Doing the opposite of what your brain wants
1:23:45 DPDR and studying Psychology
1:29:00 The DP Manual
1:35:04 Can you REALLY get back to normal??
1:38:40 Advice for people with DPDR
Dušan (23) is a psychology student in Serbia.
From the ages of 15 to 17, he suffered with chronic Depersonalization Disorder, triggered by a bad experience on Ecstasy. Fortunately, he has since made a complete recovery.
Dušan wrote to me in an email: "I am still dumbfounded at the fact that DP is not well known to people. It would be much easier for someone experiencing it for the first time to immediately know what they are going through. One of the reasons I am studying psychology is to try and better explore this phenomenon and let more people know about its existence as you are doing with your guides and KZbin channel."
In this brand new interview Dušan tells me all about his experience with and recovery from Depersonalization Disorder.
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Disclaimer: Please note that the medical information contained within this video is not intended as a substitute for consultation with a professional physician and is not a recommendation of specific therapies.

[@Dpmanual]

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[@alatea4068]

Regards from another recovered sufferer of DPDR in Serbia. Thank you Dušan for sharing your experience!

[@Dpmanual]

Thanks for your comment, and glad you enjoyed the video! 😊

[@StudyResearchandAnalysis]

Hi Companions Would anyone mind helping me ? My family is Kinda Mentally ill (“Kinda”) So they talk in ways which cause problems to me So we were together after dinner, when suddenly these people Started talking about past things seeing the photo album, and Suddenly The Talks turned into talks about “Memory” And then things like “Do you remember this and that ..” “Strain Your Memory” “Memory Memory memory” “COVID has affected memory” Were said, they all went kinda mad This triggered me later, Now when I do stuff, I focus more on “Will I remember This ?” And I keep Kinda testing myself like “What was the last thing You ate ?” , Then while studying too this makes me more focused towards Those questions rather than towards the Study material, this leads to lack of Results which in turn make me more anxious if those questions are genuine.

[@dusanmihic4124]

@alatea4068 hey, where are you from :)

[@StudyResearchandAnalysis]

If i tell about this to my parents they will call me Crazy, I told about it to my school friend She broke my trust and now everyone calls me names (“Crazy Girl”)and willingly hurt me This worsens the problem by bringing the focus back to it again and again even though their Teasing doesn’t effect me , but sure it makes my problem worse In a recent football match one of them willingly made me fall and stomped me and now they all say that nothing such happened I think it’s another way of teasing me .

[@StudyResearchandAnalysis]

Now Um My studies are getting Harmed too hence Teachers no longer stand my side, Parents are kinda worried about grades and i don’t wanna say this on their face that They are the problem creators it will make them sad .

[@matefazekas3107]

Interesting that he says it felt like “falling into his face” while he was lying in the darkness, listening to music. This was also exactly my experience. I listened to a lot of recovery interviews and never heard anyone mention this. Although I would describe it as “falling into my mind”, as if my consciousness was being sucked from the external world into my mind - resulting in the feeling that only my mind exists, anything external is just a projection/dream of my mind.

[@goomoer]

Does anyone else here get intense deja vu from derealization, almost everything feels familiar but i cant tell whether its my anxiety or if im just going crazy 😞

[@Dpmanual]

Don’t worry, feelings of Deja Vu are super common with DPDR 😊 I know they can be frightening but they will fade away and stop as your recovery continues: www.dpmanual.com/about/do-i-have-depersonalization-disorder/

[@Ahma-s]

You must know that depersonalization is the process of distortion of sensory perception processes. In other words, the patient enters an intermediary between feelings and sensations and the cognitive system enters the mediator of feelings and sensations, direct signals that go to the patient’s brain here.These signals are distorted through an intermediary that enters between the feelings and the cognitive system, and thus the feelings are not felt directly, but rather through an intermediary. Here he is trying to place the feelings and emotions in intellectual frameworks. This is in fact no longer the case. Emotions and feelings, even comments on feelings and feelings, must be direct signals that a normal person with depersonalization feels before he suffers from depersonalization. He tries to examine feelings and sensations through self-introspection, and this introspection will confirm the illness for years. The second point of comparison is that the patient begins to compare his feelings now during the illness and what he knows about his old feelings. Therefore, ignoring is the solution and accepting the disease as much as possible

[@lucynjiru1135]

Kindly i love your knowledge on this topic kindly are you a mental health practioner or which books can i get the information

[@neophilosophy1764]

Great video as always Shaun.

[@Dpmanual]

🙏😊

[@velocate6631]

Great vid, Really hope this pain goes I’ve had it for about a month and a half now also from ecstasy, feels like I’m stuck in a unbreakable bubble

[@Dpmanual]

Glad you found it helpful! 😊 And don't worry, it doesn't matter what caused it, how long it’s lasted, or whether it’s been 24/7 or episodic, you can always switch DPDR off completely by stopping the anxiety that's causing it 😊 Read this carefully: www.dpmanual.com/articles/back-to-normal-after-depersonalization/

[@velocate6631]

@@Dpmanualeven before the dpdr I was struggling with social anxiety and would just rely alcohol so I’ve basically just got to push through it and it will go ?

[@Dpmanual]

@@velocate6631 Please be careful with alcohol use while recovering from DPDR (or any anxiety-based condition), read this carefully: www.dpmanual.com/articles/can-alcohol-cause-depersonalization/

[@ca7582]

These conversations are great, they help a lot. R.I.P. Mathew Perry, by the way, a genius (regardless of him being good at math or not 😂)

[@user-gk7cg4px3j]

i remember finding this chanel about 3 years ago when i caught dpdr from weed i had it for about a year but of corse it wore off and i eventually forgot about it but thanks to this guy i definitely felt so much better about everything. the other night i thought it has been long enough and i could smoke again, so i did and i depersonalized and had pshycosis and all that now i’ve felt like i’ve started all over again from day 1 it really shatters my soul to remember how it felt to have dp dr and i really wouldn’t wish it on anyone i hope i can recover faster this time thank you for helping me

[@EdenUptonnew]

What makes you say it was Psychosis?

[@user-gk7cg4px3j]

@@EdenUptonnew hallucinations i was very out of sorts hearing voices and i felt like i was in a dream like state nothing felt real

[@erdemkanbur3666]

​@@user-gk7cg4px3jDid you smoke weed again or regular cigarettes?

[@24TAS]

bro why would you smoke again you got a second chance 😭

[@LazyIE32]

@@24TASfr😂

[@diartahazrolli9411]

1:04 when Shaun is talking about the same problem that i have . You feel an emergency that you have to think if you are connected or not or you will disappear or if you don’t check your symtoms you will not be able to know if you are feeling better. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@elkhalilmadani5889]

i can relate to this video on the crushing sadness in chest part. i get it and it's debilitating really. out of all the symptoms and i had all of them this one is the hardest. right now if i can only get rid of it i'll be ok with the rest of the symptoms

[@VicSaidThat]

Yes! Had dpdr on/off for almost 6 years. Awful also my body feels jerky and off, no flow in movements.

[@OomyZoomy]

W channel

[@emmahoef6858]

Hi Shaun I have a question, I struggled with dp/dr after I smoked weed. Your videos and manual helped me so much that now I feel like I recovered from that part. I still have very bad anxiety, like social anxiety, about the future and myself, constant anxious what if thoughts and feelings and now my question is if I can also use your manual for general anxiety? That’s what I’m diagnosed with. It feels like I have obsessed thoughts but not about dp/dr anymore😢

[@kamranhussain6117]

Take magnesium supplements at night you will get results bro

[@suarrex-_-4117]

sometimes when i go out in public im scared i lose control and start panicking how do I control those emotions

[@juanernany7007]

Tell yourself that nothing is going to hurt you and that even though it's scary, it's anxiety and nothing more. Force yourself to be in social environments, especially with someone you like, and this anxiety will decrease.

[@riccardoaddis5746]

That's the most common thing don't worry nothing bad ever happens

[@cristianogentile1021]

question for those who have passed the DPDR. Have you used medications such as antidepressants/anxiolytics?

[@Dpmanual]

Read this article Cristiano, I think you'll find it useful: www.dpmanual.com/articles/can-medication-cure-depersonalization/ And if you would like to speak to a medical professional please don't hesitate to do so. I would recommend finding an anxiety specialist if possible as they will likely be more familiar with DPDR.

[@LawrenceWilson-lf8si]

I believe I had the kind that can’t be cured . feel like dp has made me realize that I can’t see my face .

[@Dpmanual]

As with all anxiety-based conditions, DPDR is always temporary and harmless and you can and will recover 😊www.dpmanual.com/articles/is-depersonalization-permanent/

[@armentasj9884]

For me it feels like my mind is watching the world from space or like if my mind is in space

[@Dpmanual]

Don’t worry, existential / intrusive thoughts like that are super common with DPDR. I know they can be frustrating and frightening but they are also temporary and harmless and will fade away and stop as your recovery continues 😊 www.dpmanual.com/articles/depersonalization-fears-and-anxious-thoughts/

[@gamingattire9390]

does anyone else feel the need to go and do certain compulsion of thoughts while they have dpdr? Cause right now I have dpdr and I feel like going over my thoughts and doing something about them?

[@dusanmihic4124]

Yep, sounds familiar. But its just a habit of thought which you can thru time completely overwrite

[@dusanmihic4124]

There is nothing to DO about it, just have to minimize the anxiety and the simptompt of Dp will fade away

[@hannahcarbery98]

Has anyone here recovered from SSRI induced DPDR?

[@Dpmanual]

Don't worry Hannah, it doesn't matter what caused it, how long it’s lasted, or whether it’s been 24/7 or episodic, you can always switch DPDR off completely by stopping the anxiety that's causing it 😊 Read this carefully: www.dpmanual.com/articles/what-causes-depersonalization-disorder/

[@user-sf3qr6jt9j]

Does he mention what medications helped him?

[@Dpmanual]

I don't think so -- But read this, I think you'll find it useful: www.dpmanual.com/articles/can-medication-cure-depersonalization/

[@dusanmihic4124]

SSRI medication

[@successhadomehonyeka219]

Does masturbation worsen dp?

[@juanernany7007]

Yes. More Masturbation more dp

[@kamranhussain6117]

Eating red meat like lamb make dpdr worse and tinnitus makes me down and week 😢😢😢

[@krystaljoseph5462]

Hit the vegan road its ah complete game changer though hard to accept or cooe with if u love meat like me lol... but it works

[@kamranhussain6117]

@@krystaljoseph5462 so you mean avoid meat and suger completely!??

[@krystaljoseph5462]

@@kamranhussain6117 yes! Rest get exercise reset meditate for 40 mins ah day do your journaling make sure your aslp by 8:30 avoid screen time for long periods as much as possible .. and stop fighting the symptoms... everytime u feel a tention your fighting it... relax n let it be... that's the way back to a normal life!

[@dylanteet7074]

@@krystaljoseph5462I have thought about it but I’m scared to though because I have heard so many stories about vegans eating meat again because of negative symptoms they start to eventually experience. Some of them even turn carnivore or animal based and say they feel way better than vegan. Probably depends on the person and genes.

[@dylanteet7074]

That seems unusual to me that red meat would make it worse. I have heard many stories of vegans turning back to meat because eventually their health started to decline.

[@EdenUptonnew]

1:10:00 is it me or does ot sound like he still have it ? " i still have those sensations" etc

[@EdenUptonnew]

Like he talks alot through the video about how he's still going through it

[@Dpmanual]

No, he's saying that he sometimes still experiences normal moments of anxiety, and sometimes briefly, feelings of depersonalization. Which is perfectly natural, 75% of people experience this! 😊 It's part of your body and brain's natural response to anxiety. But now that he recognizes the feelings, they last only a few minutes and fade away. As he says, "it fixes itself"! 😊 Read this for more info: www.dpmanual.com/articles/does-depersonalization-come-back/

[@dusanmihic4124]

​@@EdenUptonnewexactly as shaun says, when I'm anxious those sensations sometimes come up, but Ive learned to recognize and except them as part of my reality

[@mikkelruud2286]

@@EdenUptonnew this is what scares me. I want to be 100% back, but I still feel dpdr in a regular basis. Just not close to how it was. I REALLY hope it will go completely away

[@TWilliams-ht1cn]

@@mikkelruud2286that’s what I be confused about because if you’re 100% recovered it shouldn’t be coming back so u still have it but it’s just not as strong