Depersonalization Stories

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

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

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

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

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,

I have suffered from chronic depersonalization for nearly a year now.    I was sitting in my class, waiting for the bell to ring, when

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

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,

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