How I FULLY recovered from Existential Fears & dpdr

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“The worst thing is I didn’t want to die because I was afraid of death but the fear itself was so bad that i didn’t wanna live either” I felt this shit in my core. It’s like you spend everyday in a sort of twilight zone between life and death, pushed there by the intense fear of both.

Being a human is one of the most stressful things. I look at my cat a lot and wonder what it would be like for him being so chill and relaxed with 0 knowledge that he will die one day. Must be nice

I have lived a really painful mental crisis in the past and i am still healing , for everyone reading this , there is hope . Life is less scary than it seems

When you said that you had in your head that you had figured something out about life and it will never be same again. God it felt soo relieving that I am not alone in experiencing this!

It’s so strange for me because I’m so afraid of death. Of the end of me. That I will be gone. I won’t be experiencing anything anymore. Just nothingness. But I also have absolutely no desire to live forever.

It’s even scarier if you think you’ll experience psychosis after your DPR episode. It’s just anxiety and that’s all you have to remember it will pass

You have to accept the anxiety/DPDR/existential thoughts and not fight them. They won't hurt you and will pass.

When you said "we are going to die" I literally had an internal meltdown. I now know what my main fear is. Well I knew the whole time I guess. Its going to be really hard to invite this into my life. But thank you so much for this video! Update: 5 days later and I am feeling much better. I finally got out of the thought loops and am focused on my life again. I've been dealing with this crisis for 6 months. Acceptance is the cure!

Almost recovered completely from existential anxiety, DPDR and a bit of ocd now. My advice : it’s all about perspective. Look at things from a different angle. Stay hopeful!!

I would like to add something. You are not your thoughts. They do not control you. As the conscious mind goes through life it creates the ego which becomes the way you view yourself in the material world. Depersonalisation is almost like an ego death, it’s a feedback loop that reacts to shocks to the nervous system. It is designed to calm you down and give you clarity. If you fight it you’ll create more anxiety and it’ll perpetuate the DP and it’ll feel like it’s getting worse. Once you understand that DP can either be a positive or negative feedback loop depending on your understanding of it, it becomes less frightening. It will allow you to reflect on yourself and begin a healing process. Meditation allows you to be aware of blockages in the consciousness-mind-body system. Any frightening images you see when you meditate Is the fear characteristic of your ego self trying to take control. Do not refuse it’s existence but don’t let it control you. Laugh at the fear.

Ocd'ing over DPDR is a nightmare.

My biggest fear is that my depersonalization will eventually turn into something worse. My loved ones feel like strangers to me sometimes and it scares me so much I feel delusional. I was normal before this, spiritually inclined and aware. My awareness turned into DPDR quickly and I’m in month three. Thank you for this video. I am trying to face these fears head on.

This is exactly how i feel when you say you feel like you’ve unlocked something and discovered something you weren’t supposed to know. I feel the same way and I’m afraid I’ll never look at the world and live my life the same way i used to ughhh

The comment section is like a group therapy session. Everyone is getting to know that they are not alone.

The first two days of my existential crisis were the worst days in my life (albeit so far I suppose). It really felt like I woke up and that I was the only one, I mourned for the deaths of my family, friends, and myself even though we’re all still pretty young. Such thoughts that I’m fighting and while I’ve started to improve I hope to recover just like you ❤

I realized one day that I would be in my body for the rest of my life and look through my eyes in the first person for the rest of my life and it broke me. I hope I can recover.

this is SO relatable; i don't think I've heard my experience be articulated so clearly!! honestly just knowing that others feel this way is so helpful and makes it less isolating. I was having pretty regular existential anxiety attacks as you put it. it was derealization and depersonalization! thank you so much for this video, it's honestly been so helpful! it's so strange how existential dread is such a universal, yet simultaneously, isolating experience.

It is really impressive that existential ocd is always described in the same way. I have exactly the same symptoms. Depression is always described and felt differently.

I went through dpdr, with mainly existential fears in the end of 2019. I did a lot of research and trail and error. What Robin is teaching is the same concept I used to beat the thoughts. Face the monster. When the thoughts came into my mind I would tell me thoughts "you can be here if you want, I don't care, but I'm going on with my life anyway." Don't fight it, let it be there and take away it's power. Stand up to it. This is the best dpdr video I've ever seen. Great job Robin, your helping so many people.