Brandon
Hi my name is Brandon and I am not sure if I have DP, but I would like to share my story so that anyone else who has experienced it can find solace. I had an episode last night for the 3rd or 4th time in my life and decided to do an internet search. I was looking […]
Renee
My name is Renee. I’m 35 years old. I cannot tell you how glad I am that I found this site. I also have disassociative disorder and it has “peaked” again for the third time. I was also diagnosed with PTSD. I was diagnosed with both 14 years ago. I have had many traumas in […]
R. Bruce
I never felt like I quite fit in socially in high school. I found this wonderful thing called alcohol that made me feel happy and social. When I spoke I didn’t feel like it would be stupid or people would laugh at me. From this low self esteem I continued to drink. Then prom weekend […]
Phyllis 2
I’ve been reading through your website on depersonalization–a subject I first learned of only a few days ago, on a forum for people dealing with eating disorders, and the depression and other mental illness that often accompanies or precipitates them. I’d never heard of “depersonalization” before, but the post I was reading struck a chord with […]
Phyllis
I have lived with DP for 30 years. The onset of the disorder occurred following a suicide attempt at age 15. I took an overdose of pills (I thought they were valium, but in actuality I have no idea what they were). I laid down after taking the pills and went to sleep crying, convinced […]
Patrick 2
Hi, I’m Patrick. I’m 36 and I’ve felt “not here” since I was about 9 or 10. I can remember the exact moment the feeling came on, and the cause appears to have nothing to do with drugs or abuse, as related by some of the others here, but rather a kind of mental experiment I then […]
Patrick
I have suffered from chronic depersonalization for nearly a year now. I was sitting in my class, waiting for the bell to ring, when a girl offered me some pills. She claimed they were caffeine pills. I took two, and went back to doing my thing. After the class, I began to feel odd. […]
Inga
It was only a couple of days ago that I was reading some kind of a medical encyclopedia and was astonished to find out that what I suffered from at the age of 10-12 has a name. Reading through the stories posted here makes me feel both joy and sorrow, having discovered myself and putting […]
Ilijas
My name is Ilijas, and in all honesty, it makes me physically ill to think about what I’m experiencing. This is my third major episode, and I feel like I’m burning and dying from the anxiety that this dissociative experience brings. I’ll try to keep it short: my first episode was when I was 16. I […]
Ike
My name is Ike. Has anybody ever thought they were “forgetting” their family? I too suffer from DP/DR. This is one symptom I have never been able to find any additional information about. The depression & depersonalization started when my Mom became ill / passed away, and it has consistently got worse. I’m 39, I never […]