Chris's Depersonalization Recovery Story

Hello Shaun. my name is Ethan. I just wanna say thank you! Your the best! I had DP/DR for about a year or so. But following your manual and changing my lifestyle a bit and improving myself and not dwelling on it helped! I’m fully Recovered. Let me know I’d be happy to be in one of your videos! Thank you Shaun!

I had a little bit of a mind bending experience with weed edibles 3 weeks ago. I suffered an extreme out of body panic attack and ever since I have been suffering with DP/DR and intense anxiety. But these videos and the DP manual have been helping me get through this day by day. God bless u Shaun. I don’t know where I would be without u.

Thank you so much shaun, you can’t imagine how much you are helping us❤

Shaun Great to see you making videos again. So helpful. I actually had a one on one session with you about a year ago. It was very helpful. Hope you’re well

I came here again just to say thank you! I still have dp/dr since 2020, but what helps me a lot when I'm too afraid like today is watching your videos .. Thank you so much Shaun for this amazing content, and for all your answers in the comments below .. It really helps .. Stay safe always! 🌻

Hey Shaun! Just thanking you for all this brilliant content you've put out to help with DP! I've been dealing with it for about 5 days now, after a bad weed trip. Just today, with your positive reinforcement, I've managed to completely change my mind and I've fully accepted it as part of my mental consitution, at least until it subsides. Sometimes, I even find comfort in it as it allows me to capitalize from the "numbness" and relax quite deeply. Thank you again Shaun, your work is amazing! Much love

I am dealing with high emotional numbness,, i can't even feel my breath in brain,, lost confidence,, high muscles tightness, highly depressed.... But i am allowing my symptoms and feelings,, i do work , socialise but i can't feel anything,,high mental exhaustion. God knows when I will get out of this,, everyday I am feeling this....

Dear Shaun, My name's Carson and I've struggled with DPDR off and on since 2020. Your work has healed a majority of my emotional wounds and eased plenty of fears the past year. The biggest help has been these courageous people sharing their journies with the world. I finally found the truth of my anxieties and where they stems from. If you're still looking for people to share their stories, I'd be honored to contribute to the cause. Thank you. Best, Carson

Shaun, i rarely comment on YouTube but I had to let you know that your very sober approach to dpdr helped me so much. I haven’t even yet bought the manual, although I sure will, even though I’m not at my worst anymore. Because the way you normalize this condition is so incredibly reassuring. To stop seeing this as, almost, an entity attacking you (because at times, it has been a very evil, hostile feeling to me, the desperation of it made me feel as if there was no consolation for me to ever have again). You make it so logical, and so clear. This way we can make peace with it. We don’t have to be happy about having a sensitivity to derealization, but we can learn how to cope with it. In a way, it’s better than having a condition that must be treated with medication: we will always have the power to recover once we learn the right steps. I’m not in panic anymore, and I am not thinking about dpdr itself thát much anymore. However, I am in a relationshipcrisis causing me anxiety, which seems to make the dpdr symptoms linger. How you suggest people that got dpdr from trauma or high ungoing stress go about it? The situation that causes anxiety can’t always be resolved immediately. I guess it’s still about actively choosing not to worry, however hard it is, and then the anxiety (and dpdr) should pass? Maybe it is all about learning that problems might be there but that we should’nt act fearful on them. Next to that. Does someone perhaps have an answer to how long the ‘depressed’ stage lasts? I am going with the flow and not fighting my dpdr anymore, but I do worry (I know, I should not) about still feeing like life is so meaningless. I get that’s a part of it as you’re disconnected, and that it’s harder to find worth in such a shape, but I would love to feel excited again, or just know what to do with myself. It all feels so pointless. Does someone recognize this?

I really like the episodes! We need more

Great work Shaun! Thanks for being the difference in this department, 80% almost there for me, your book and channel is fantastic 👌

I have it axactly like this, optician also say my vision is fine. Such a frustrating feeling for over a year now. I have had anxiety for years and 2022 I suffered severe panic attacks. It does get better especially if you adress the underlying Condition,I just can't wait to see the world normally again. Sending love to everyone who is going through this

Thank you for another really good interview. I can relate so much to this one.💙🙏

What he said at the end was so big for me. I've had it a long time and have worked through it the whole time but it is still there. I know now that it's because I am STILL thinking about it even while doing other things! I have to make a conscious effort to really focus on what I am doing! I feel so hopeful for the future and now know what I have been doing wrong. Thank you!

I actually used the cinematography example myself before. Great explanation

Shaun’s manual is worth the read. It really helped me out so much in the hard times. One piece of advice for everyone dealing with this is relax every muscle in your body and let go. Instead of fearing the DP let it take you over and wait for it to pass. Don’t fight it and listen to Shaun’s advice and read his manual.

First of all Shaun, thank you for existing! My DPDR started after a car accident about two months ago, and I’m really struggling at the moment, but your videos make me feel so much better. I do have a question though, for some reason my dp is at it’s worst when I’m at work! I’ve always loved my work, and I don’t understand why I’m experiencing it so much in a place I’ve never been anxious at before. I work at UPS, in the warehouse. It’s loud and a lot of physical labor, but I’ve never had issues with that before. Do you think there could be a reason why? I’m really struggling to figure this out. Thank you so much!

YOU ARE UNDERRATEDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just a little assurance needed. Hi there. I feel like I've reached the maximum depth of anxiety and DP. The biggest thought I cling to is that I will eventually recover, but will continue to be trapped in this 24/7 cycle of thinking about my thinking. I see others mentioning ruminating on different topics, but I can't stop thinking about my actions and most importantly, my own thinking. I fear that even when I'm 100% healed, if I even just THINK about the fact that I used to be in this cycle of thinking about my thinking, then it'll result in a downward spiral that'll keep me in this forever. "Wow the anxiety used to make me think about my thinking. Oh wait, now I'm thinking about my thinking" and end up back in the same cycle and back to the vicious ruminating and obsessing over that. I am just starting to see an anxiety therapist but need some assurance as I’m going through this. Is this the anxiety? Does this go away when you recover? Do you get back to normal while sitting idle? Will these looping thoughts and thinking about my thinking stop? Thanks!