Dp/dr

[Pauletta86]

Hi...

This my sound weird, but to everyone who suffers with depersonalization/Derealization, do you find the symptoms are made worse when having a shower? For me it seems to freak me out, make me more panicky/spaced out!

Also, I have suffered with jet lag this week after flying back from LA last weekend, and this has made my symptoms worse also!

[patchezzzz]

That's actually weird! Showers help me relax:) They lessen my DR a little bit just because I'm so warm and feel safe and clean and relaxed. The steam is good to breathe in, so that helps a lot with anxiety, I've heard. Maybe it's just how you're thinking of it. Like the shower may be a threat to you or something? But at the same time, weird things make my DR worse too. Do you know if this symptom goes away? It's constant for me

[Pauletta86]

Yeah it is weird isn't it!?
I'm not sure why it happens...it may be a claustrophobia thing, dunno!

The symptom doesn't seem to go away, and my DP/DR been pretty bad since I been back from holiday, especially this weekend! Work will be a struggle for me today!

I'm going to try CBT again though, as that really helped last time!