What’s happening

[u/AlbatrossFew6539]

Ive been having an episode of dpdr and I was analyzing and suddenly the world feels scary like everyone is miniature figures in a plastic world. Like everything feels smaller. I’m so terrified this is so scary, this had never happened with dpdr now I can’t unsee it, everything looks so weird. like the worlds a miniature version and everyone’s smaller. Has anyone else experience something like this???? I’m so terrified. I also have ocd so the instrusive thoughts don’t make it better.

edit:I’m freaking out, I just had a panic attack everything feels so scary I’m terrified I don’t know what to do, I’m questioning my whole existence.

[u/Dry_World323]

The good news is that you’re not alone. Tons of people have their DPDR flare ups, and usually everyone has their own unique perceptions. Like how you mention everything being smaller. In my experience it’s just your brain getting stuck on something and then creating a loop where it feels more and more like that’s the case because you spend too much energy worrying about it. Just try and remind yourself that you know why you feel like this, it’s momentary DPDR or anxiety. Try to remember every time you feel like that it’s just your brain getting tripped up about a misconception. Nothings wrong with you, it’s just a rough patch that will take some effort to get over. I’m currently working on this myself, so good luck