this is great i feel like i'm being actually helped! like i haven't been able to go to therapy because of rEaSoNs but this is sorta helpful lol


I was watching loads of Kati's videos yesterday and now this happened! What a coincidence:)


I've traced mine back to procrastination of schoolwork, so much that I had to do it all on the literal last day of school and it just stressed me out
I had a constant feel of 'what am I supposed to be doing? Am I forgetting something?' I've forgotten what reality feels like.
So do your work, kids

Also, some stuff that helps ground me are watching videos on DPDR, or reading articles. For me, that makes the situation feel more real, knowing there are other functioning humans dealing with the same thing. Another one is have a thoughtful conversation with a friend. A normal activity can make you feel more normal, and hanging out with friends is fun anyway. Make a cup of tea, play an instrument, write about your day, draw a picture.

This won't last forever, people love you, the world is full of good things, and all that jazz.


This was wonderful and helped me loads thanks dodes❤❤❤❤


Hi dodie, I was just wondering, did your derealisation come on suddenly? I think mind did about 2.5 years ago, one night it was like a switch went off. I've had bad anxiety about it ever since. Also, how do you stay positive? Thanks! Glad I found your channel.


thank you so much for making this video. i have always felt spaced out but never really knew what was going on. when i was younger i would feel spaced out for like 5 seconds or a minute. but now it's 24/7. (WHICH SUCKS SO MUCH LIKE COME ON BRAIN WHAT U DOIN) when you made your video talking about dp/dr for the first time i was like. "omg. this. is what's. happening. to. me." i finally knew that what was happen to me wasn't normal. when kati explained that some people who have derealization feel like they are in a movie, that's what's been happening to me. i've always felt like that. before this gets to long, i just wanted to say thank you for being so open about it cause when you talk about it, it makes me feel not alone. i love you dodie ;


I loved this video, it's helped me soo much 💖


I don't have depersonalizations or derealization but I am very glad dodie openly talks about it. I've never heard of it until her. I think it's important to be educated about it. Thank you dodie for discussing this on your channel. I believe this will help a lot of people who do suffer from them.


i wanted to say something here: two of my friends told me they felt this way and did a wrong self diagnosis based on this video. i love you so much dodie but please next time you do this types of videos bring the message that self diagnosis is dangerous. those friends don't have this illness and i know it. this like they said it's something dodie didn't know much about and got more aware about what she had after going to therapy. to all people watching, if you think you have, go to see someone. don't go around saying you have it. this is part of a group called psychosis and psychosis is often see close to schizophrenia. this obviously doesn't have anything to do with that illness but they are in the same group so please don't do wrong diagnosis and say you have it and put your on words when they MIGHT be wrong and then people that actually have it will feel terribly. i think they made an amazing video about this, they should have only put out there the idea of bad self diagnosis. LOVE YOU A LOT DODIE 💓


Kati is ❤ thank you for this Dodie x love her necklace x


Okay it hasn't started yet but I'm so excited for this video. Dodie helped me realize(lol) my derealization/depersonalization.


I’m so confused bc i had what very closely resembles derealization about 2 years ago BUT it was only one time and a tiny bit (not as intense) afterwards. I don’t know what would’ve caused it bc i really haven’t had trauma. I’ve never heard of it happening only once so :/


I'm little freaked out because I experience the whole "I look in the mirror and don't see myself" thing a lot, but when you said you looked like your brother I was really shocked because it's the EXACT same with me. Not sure if it's a sign or just a coincidence!


Your mental health panel at vidcon made me cry so hard it was so raw and real


Almost cried when relating to all these things💛


This seemed very healthy, keep it up, proud of ya


Hello fellow Dodie fans.
I've been suffering with depression for quite a while now, and I've been taking sertralin for maybe 6 months.
And before I cried alot, especially on my dark days. But now I've stopped crying, and I'm so scared.
I still feel sad and depressed, and I feel like crying but I just can't.
I've felt numb and not like myself.
I'm scared


i had a real shit experience with a therapist a while back who totally invalidated all of my feelings, so it was so refreshing to hear kati omg she is so cool


I've always wanted you to do a video together! I love Kati


I used to feel so disconected from my body, but lately I haven't felt this way. I have no idea why I spent so long feeling like this and one day it just stoped. I still have to deal with my depression, but I still think I'm kinda lucky cause I don't have to deal with feeling like I do not fit in my own body anymore. I don't really know if the way I was feeling is anything like what you have to experience but I can relate. I hope you can find a treatment that suits you ♥ Ily


Amazing video and thanks a lot for saving my Monday!🌹❤


Really like that you show different views and really try to inform your followers by inviting an expert


thank you, i am going to show this to my mum, so she can maybe understand. thank you so so so much for this dodie, dpd and disassociating makes me feel so fucking crazy. so thank you


you have impeccable timing !!

i've had horrible derealisation lately and it really sucks :((

you have _impeccable_ timing !!

i've had horrible derealisation lately and it really sucks :((


I'm derealized every day but I'm at a point where I can't tell if I'm making it up? Like what if reality is just like this? Does anyone else have that issue?


Yay!!!! Love you guys, great idea for a collaboration! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜


oh my gosh.
this is a real thing. it's real.
i've been trying to explain this feeling of things not feeling real to people and they just tell me they have no idea what i'm talking about.

oh my gosh, do you know how amazing it is for someone to know what you're experiencing or to explain it??

sometimes i don't feel real, and nothing feels real, and i try to get back and i panic but i can't do anything. i forget i'm real and living and i have to try to say my name to myself over and over.

unless something bad happens and i just accept feeling unreal.

thank you so much, i thought i was going crazy. thank you thank you thank you.


I sustained a brain injury in 2015 and I've felt like I haven't been here for two years, like I've been living in a dream. Sometimes it's not nearly as bad as other times and I can feel almost normal, but a lot of the time I feel like I'm living in a completely different world than anyone else. I don't know if this counts as dp/dr because it's the result of a physical injury, even though I am mentally ill as well.


I AM ON ZOLOFT AND ITS WORKING! I know dodie already said this but for depression and anxiety, I'm taking zoloft and its helping, experiences are different for everyone, i don't want people to see this video and rule anything out.


this video gave me the courage to talk to my mom about going back to therapy cause i'm getting seriously concerned i have depersonalization or bpd or something


Tem algum brasileiro por aqui?

Pq eu sou uma GRANDE fã dela, mesmo não entendendo mt bem o que ela fala. Tá, uma palavra ou outra eu entendo, mas eu fico muito confusa não dá pra entender direito. Meu inglês é bem básico mesmo, só sei o que aprendi na escola
E eu ficaria muito grata mesmo se alguém pudesse traduzir os vídeos dela para mim <3

Espero que meu comentário não suma no meio dos outros


dodie tysm!! this was rly interesting and enlightening to watch!!!


On a day to day I have short periods of dissociation, but if I'm having a really bad day I have depersonalization  (it feels like my heart and lungs are in the other room.) But when I look at old pictures of myself I always feel like it's not really a picture of me which i guess is depersonalization too


This video made me realise I'm not alone ❤❤ thaaaaaaank you 💕


I have looked at both of these in the past. Didn't think it was very common but I think I have these. Find my self becoming very spaced out 24/7 feeling scared that nothing is real. As much as I love you dodie I can't watch this video as I am unsure as to how this would affect me... I'm 18 now and have been struggling with this for a few years, started when I had depression and anxiety those have got better after the years but not this. I can't watch this video because I find the concept hard to face and understand. But i hope that it allows people to be aware. I haven't been diagnosed because I am scared that things aren't real therefore... whats the point in diagnosed. I can't explain how i feel i sound insane. I'm sorry.


Can I use this for a presentation? I feel like many people could learn a lot from this! I won't without your permission! X


This's the first time that someone named exactly how i feel. And the worst thing is that before watching this, for all this time i thought that i can't speak about this. But today i told my mom and my boyfriend, and they were So supportive. I'm going to find some doctor and i really want to thank you Dodie. You saved me<br>Ps. Sry if i made any mistake but i'm from Poland and you know

This's the first time that someone named exactly how i feel. And the worst thing is that before watching this, for all this time i thought that i can't speak about this. But today i told my mom and my boyfriend, and they were So supportive. I'm going to find some doctor and i really want to thank you Dodie. You saved me
Ps. Sry if i made any mistake but i'm from Poland and you know


this could not have helped me at a better time, i've recently been going through a long period of feeling zoned out all the time and my brain can't focus on things and most recently i've felt like i'm dreaming all the time, its been happening for the past year, i tried looking at youtube videos and googling help and asking friends and the only thing that came up was brain fog, it sounded like what i had but i was doing everything that they said i wasn't doing, i've tried to get a doctors appointment but as i'm only 15 my mum doesn't think that anything is going on with me and that it's probably just a sore head but i've had no idea how to describe it, this has helped me so much, i can't thank you enough everything you said in the video made me feel less scared about it and not freaked out <3


For about 2 years or more I just felt like I was just sitting there as life happened and I wasnt really involved. I just felt empty and I would zone out in the middle of class and at home because I just felt like I was moving and I k ew life was making me move but I was never a fully functioning person which made me feel really scared and depressed. I would literally have anxiety attacks because I was scared I was going crazy. Since I moved it's gotten a little better but I still have quite a few days like that.


This makes me feel less like a weirdo knowing that other people have it


I was wondering if they were gonna do a Colab!!! I love this ❤❤❤❤❤


schema therapy is the most successful treatment I've had so far but now I'm just struggling with the physical low mood :(


Holy shit I literally think I have depersonalisation. Like I'm not even kidding my therapist already told me I sounded like I was dissociated but how you described depersonalisation I'm realizing that's exactly how I feel.


Hi, I don't know if I actually have derealization or depersonalisation I just sometimes feel like I'm in a dream, and the things that I'm doing I'm not actually doing them myself. It just happens for a short period of time, but sometimes it can be for a long time and when that happens I just feel like my mind is in another place and I continue to do stuff but I don't feel connected to myself while doing it. It doesn't usually affect my everyday life (normally I continue doing things until that feeling disappears) but last year in class affected me in a way that I wasn't able to pay attention to anything and the teacher just continued talking but I couldn't listen. It also affects me when I'm reading, i can't concentrate and don't remember anything that I've read...<br>Anyway, thank if someone is actually reading this, I just wanted to share my experience and I feel better now that I have written all of this down. (And sorry for my English, if I made any mistakes, it's just that I'm from Spain and English isn't my first language)

Hi, I don't know if I actually have derealization or depersonalisation I just sometimes feel like I'm in a dream, and the things that I'm doing I'm not actually doing them myself. It just happens for a short period of time, but sometimes it can be for a long time and when that happens I just feel like my mind is in another place and I continue to do stuff but I don't feel connected to myself while doing it. It doesn't usually affect my everyday life (normally I continue doing things until that feeling disappears) but last year in class affected me in a way that I wasn't able to pay attention to anything and the teacher just continued talking but I couldn't listen. It also affects me when I'm reading, i can't concentrate and don't remember anything that I've read...
Anyway, thank if someone is actually reading this, I just wanted to share my experience and I feel better now that I have written all of this down. (And sorry for my English, if I made any mistakes, it's just that I'm from Spain and English isn't my first language)


Doddie can you please teach us how you do the intro claps? It's so fast and we all wonna master it. Please make a tutorial on various variations. You are the best! Muah <3


This rlly helped I personally don't have what you have dodie but I have social anxiety and anxiety and a little bit of a.d.d and I get panic attacks occasionally more when I'm in school (which I just started) sooo yeah


Just wanna emphasise that medication isn't for everyone. I was on a low dose of Sertraline for a year and it did very little to help me. Then I was changed to Fluoxetine and that caused me to suffer a sever psychotic episode in which I attempted suicide. After that, I was put on 200mg of Sertraline and it's done so much good, I'm basically not depressed now! So I've had the whole spectrum, a meh experience, a horrible experience and a great experience! Not all medications are gonna work for all people, don't worry.


"what do you think you should do when you think you might have derealisation, depersonalization or whatever?"
- "talk to somebody, someone that you trust,.."

qotd: whoop, that's a nice one, although what if there's no one I feel I can trust? 😐 (ehehhh, someone here has a problem with being vulnerable, aka reminded me of some of Tessa's videos)


All of the stuff about the little t's makes so much sense. I feel shit like that so often.


this was quite interesting, lately i was thinking about it, i do sometimes feel, how can i say, vacant, i need to touch myself to realize that i'm real, and i space out a lot, but that i've been doing for as long as i can remember, i don't think i have derealisation but it does seem to describe a bit those moments i guess. P.S. you put the wrong link to katy's video ahahaahha, it goes to your video <3


I love Dodie so much. This video is obviously not for views its just here to help herself and her audience! Thank you so much for this.


i love this video omg i love learning about the brain


I got a singular chain link at my camp and I put it on a chain so I can wear it and keep it with me at all times. I fidget with it all the time. I'll just be in class and instead of clicking my pen or tapping my foot against the desk leg, my hands go right to my chain and I just hold the link and move it around in my hand. It's helpful until at falls out of my hand and onto my desk and kickstarts everything back up.


This is very interesting like I feel like I learnt so much


this topic 100% needs more attention because it's a very real part of many people's lives and it's not understood by so many people :-(


Jesus Kati has been teaming up with so many other youtubers I follow and it blows my mind everyone


i finally have a word for what i'm feeling; i thought i was crazy. ty


I guess this is a shout into the void but if there's any chance kati's scrolling through the comment section what would u recommend for someone who experience depersonalisation/derealisation all day everyday but can't think of anything at all traumatic that has happened because I honestly can't even hazard a guess as to what triggered it (I'd say it's been around a year now)


my friends uncle had one of those scans for depression and something went wrong and he lost a lot of memory because of it. (obviously not trying to scare anybody, as i understand it doesnt happen very often)


I really need help but im scared to tell my parents and friends what is happening, I'm always really anxious and I space out a lot (not always, I jump between) but a while ago I started to scratch because I felt helpless and so spaced out that it helped grounded me, it made me feel like it was all real. Recently I started cutting. I don't have the desire to stop, and it doesn't make me cry, it's just there in the back of my mind and nobody knows. Please help me. Anyone. I feel like I'm going insane


That is like the best video ever. Thank you!


So what happens when you've had alcohol do you feel still depersonalised?

in my experience, alcohol has made my depersonalization worse because it gives me a more "out of body" experience and i feel less real. it may be different for everyone though


I didn't know those three terms meant different things. I definitely experience bouts of dissociation then. I'm sure I have little t's from my childhood too, from what exactly? idk.


the inside out metaphor was just brilliant


Ughhhh, been here! Nice to hear somebody else explain it :)


I've been dealing with this for years it's so,,,, annoying


YOU UPLOADED WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL WHY :( but now i can watch it, thank you for making this ✨


I didn't know much about this topic before, and when she described dissociation I instantly related and remembered a time when I was in a really heated situation and everything instantly felt unreal, but I thought that was normal to feel like that at the time but now I'm not sure, I don't get into many stressful situations like that one often so that feeling hasn't occurred much. And recently at night when in bed ive had moments where I've felt unreal or like I'm in a dream, that's happened at least once every night for a few days now and I don't know what that means :/ I also have deja vous a LOT and I don't know if that is connected to this dissociated feeling I get occasionally :/ if someone could help out or relate that would he reaaaalllllly helpful bc I'm not sure if it's anything I should be thinking about or if it's normal :/ thankoooo

I also have a terrible memory and can instantly become unfocused from something which can cause me to forget that I've just been asked to do something. and sometimes I even deny something that just happened :/


it's weird that i'm watching a video on this and also having to watch like five times because i'm so disconnected that i can't focus (specifically reading the little inserts lol)

fun w/ dissociation


When she said tms didn't work with people with depersonalizeation I got really mad😂


So I'm actually just looking for some help because I'm a bit confused. I don't like diagnosing myself with things as I'm still not sure it's the best thing for me, but I just have a slight query. This year has been tough for me and I've thought a few times that I was depressed. I don't really think that's the case necessarily, as I'm ok, but I still spend a lot of my life feeling empty and lethargic. The main thing is that I can't stand to have nothing planned for the day. If I'm not working or going somewhere, I'm filled with this feeling - dread is too dramatic but definitely unease. It's as if I'm always looking for things to do so that I don't have to sit with myself for a day. Does anyone else have this?


I'm crying right now while watching this because I didn't realise how much I would relate to this oH NO it feels like you're talking about me exactly oops


I don't think I suffer from this? I'm honestly unsure. I recently looked it up and looked into it and i kinda thought maybe? Idk I can't really explain it hah.. I pretty much just have issue with my emotions. A lot of issues. It's hard to be happy and sometimes I just want to break down in tears and never speak to people. I don't know, that's a different thing I guess. Every once in a while I'll just feel nothing. I'll just be there and things will happen but I'll feel like I have no control and nothing makes any sense.. I honestly feel like I'm going crazy some days. Okay, I'm done. That's was way too much


This helped me I think I have depersonalization


omg I have a rubber bracelet that I ALWAYS fidget with when I'm feeling especially anxious or zoned out

now I really wish my gf didn't live across the ocean so I could get the touch that I need in those situations. I absolutely LOVE when people hold my hand and rub my arm and play with my hair and UGH I wish I had friends who would do that


YESSSS ID LOVE TO SAY I WAS WAITING FOR THIS COLLAB BUT I WASNT BUT NOW ITS HERE ITS LIKE YESSS


i love kati so much ahh this is so interesting


i have GAD (generalized anxiety disorder,) im clinically depressed and i have chronic derealization and depersonalization. it's not very fun :(


THAT INSIDE OUT ANALOGY I WAS LIKE <b>i can see every equation</b>

THAT INSIDE OUT ANALOGY I WAS LIKE *i can see every equation*


Dodie the link in the description isn't to the vid on Kati's channel, it just brings you back to this one!!! (At least for me) x


mid way through the video I broke down crying


Hey Dodie! The link in the description that is supposed to take us to the other video isn't the good one, it just takes us back here. Thought I'd mention. ^^


Thank you sososo much!!!! if anyone has anymore help/advice plz reply need help :): xxxxxx


NO WAY MY TWO FAVORITE PERSONS IN ONE VIDEO


OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE NOW


So, perhaps this is completely off, but do u think youtube/filming urself (and often ur friends filming ) all the time could be contributing /connected to the de realisation? Like i feel like living lots of ur life on film and seeing urself on film a lot would potentially make real life seem like a movie/dream....just a thought. I guess becoming famouse is also like this weird thing


No one will really care but I want to share my story. I have really bad depression. I cant feel anything at all. ever. the things that used to make me overwhelmed with joy have no effect on me anymore. For the longest time have felt like I was going through life in third person or like a dream and i just thought it was part of my depression. Turns out I might have derealization. The thing I am most afraid of is I live in a house where mental illness isn't believed in so I'm dealing with all this by myself with parents who don't believe me. I cut my hair really short yesterday hoping it would change something. hoping it would make me happy or make me feel like I was a real person but the joy and slap of reality I was hoping for was just replaced with more sadness and regret. although I like my hair short it didn't give what I wanted. I don't know what will anymore..Idk, no one asked/really cares but I just wanted to see if anyone else is with me in these feeling..?


When she mentioned using rubber bands... I thought that was a self harm thing?


i tthink u put the link to your own vid in the description :'O anyway this was really fuckin helpful


I don't have this specific mental illness but I do have anxiety disorder but i feel comfortable talking about mental illness in this comment section so... yeah.  I have a really hard time talking to my doctor when she asks me questions about my medicine or just how I'm doing and I'm guessing it's because I have such bad anxiety i just have a hard time talking to people in general. When i get home i can easily describe my anxiety but when i need to I just can't.  If anyone knows how to fix this please tell me

Anya Popa I suffer from OCD and Social Anxiety. And I know that sometimes its hard to express what you are going through and how you feel. When it comes to my therapist it is kind of easy for me to talk cause i feel like i don't have to explain it to her because she knows what i'm going through. But when it comes to Situations that are hard for me such as phonecalls etc. she told me to     practice and write down what i want to say and also how i Feel just so i could understand myself better. So just write down how you Feel in the Moment you Feel these Feelings. I'm sure your doctor doesn't mind. It will help you express yourself which is very important for Therapy:)


Whenever I post a comment saying thankyou for this cos it makes me feel better, no one notices and I know that really selfish but I just end up hating myself and deleting the comment


Very good video! Your link to Kati's channel is wrong though


The link to Kati's video in the description goes straight back to this one:(


THE link in the description just brings you to this videoooo


I'm pretty certain I have derealisation and dissociation because of cHiLdhOoD tRaUmA

Definitely depersonalisation too hahahahahahah


The link for your video in Kati's channel links to this one here :(


Is the link for Kati's channel bringing anyone else back to Dodie's video?


dodes the link isn't Kati's it goes back onto yours?<br>Can you put it up pls :)

dodes the link isn't Kati's it goes back onto yours?
Can you put it up pls :)


Am i the only Indonesian who knows Dodie? Pretty sure there are others? Idk?


?? katie morton and dodie??? thats like 2 faves??? omg???


wasn't she in Shane's video. She is very cool.


A mind the day a woke up and felt like my eyes were weird felt like a was in a dream


What if I have no one to talk to it about...


Isn't it annoying when you have to go back and pause the writing that's on the screen for 2 seconds for comic effect


Anyone suggest for the solution of this problem!!!please anyone<br>I want to get rid of this thing

Anyone suggest for the solution of this problem!!!please anyone
I want to get rid of this thing


In the thumbnail the girl on the left looked a bit like Paige from pll


I feel like after I smoke I feel like this .. damn


Hey it’s the girl from Shane’s series lol

please drive carefully; there’s no heaven


does anyone else feel 'numbness' in yr arms or whatever like it not there BUT it is there? idk some1


we miss you dodie! i hope to see her soon!


dodie i think you linked her video as yours because its not working for me and its just sending me back to this video, or it could just be my computer


Could you help me out please i have depersonalization


Hey Dodie. Thanks for helping me feel like my mental illness is more normal than it is abnormal. Love you for that


I've been suffering from dissociation for nearly 5 years now and for me it comes hand in hand with ptsd and intense flashbacks where I completely pass out and start to scream and kick everything around me. This video helped me a lot. Even though I've had it for nearly 5 years now I always felt really insecure and alone about it. Thank you so much xxx


this is scary good timing, i just had my first episode of derealisation today (technically still am having it) and hoo boy is it terrifying. thank you dodie for sharing and making me feel not so alone x


I'm showing this to my counsellor. This is exactly how I feel, I didn't think it was depersonalisation but something else instead. I also have a fair idea of what the trauma was. Thank you for sharing this :)


Dodie, the link you put for the video on Kati's channel just leads back to this one.  <br>Great video. I love how committed you are to helping people understand depersonalization/derealization, and I think it's great that you collabed with someone who is a professional therapist and could give some more concrete information on the subject. Love you, you're wonderful!

Dodie, the link you put for the video on Kati's channel just leads back to this one.
Great video. I love how committed you are to helping people understand depersonalization/derealization, and I think it's great that you collabed with someone who is a professional therapist and could give some more concrete information on the subject. Love you, you're wonderful!


Thank you for being so open about your mental illness! You have helped me (and probably many others) a lot! xx


Thank you for this video! I'm having weird experiences about twice a week, for five hours at a time, which my psychiatrist can only describe as dissociative (in his field) but it could also be complex partial seizures and I'm awaiting a referral from neurology. I've had these experiences for the past four years and am learning to deal with them. It's a feeling of intense discomfort, memory blocks and thoughts of the past/no thoughts at all. Anyway, I really enjoyed this video. I wish you luck with your treatment, Dodie and thank you for your wisdom, Kati :)


I'm really pleased that this has a name!
In year 8 I would always feel in a dream state and I could never fully describe the feeling to anyone. It was so frustrating to have no-one understand this feeling of 'floating' or feeling outside the body. My teacher thought I might be diabetic (which wasn't true).
I googled it once and the only thing that fit was someone saying "you have a more philosophical mind and tend to space out due to too much thought on the universe". Because no-one understood I was forced to be quiet about it and over the years it came in bouts but faded and I hardly get it now- I have no idea how it passed but I'm bloody well glad it did!


been suffering for nearly two years now. diagnosed a few months ago. your videos make it that bit easier; thank you dodie xxx


Wow, this was super interesting and showed me just how little I know about the treatment of mental issues. When I think of therapy conserning mental health I always think of either talk therapy or medication. This just showed my I should get more educated on the topic, thanks Dodie!


Thank you for this video. I struggle with this as well and depression and anxiety and its helpful to feel understood and know that my brain is not the only one behaving this way. It's so hard for me to make it though echo day with all this in my head thank you for making me feel a little less alone.


I'm doing a project in school on this to try and educate my fellow students. You're my inspiration Dodie! This video is great. Thank you.


I love her. I was very interested by you, Dodie... I mean really understanding how you feel and this helps. It's a breath of fresh air to see you being understand by someone so easily with words, sometimes it's so difficult to portrait feelings.


Thank you! Definitely going to be using Kati's channel for a resource now as I've dealt with untreated depression and occasional derealisation for several years. I'm so thankful that you're so open about your experiences!


the timing of this video is just right, i really needed this ❤ i find it so important that people talk about mental health. and it really helps. i feel like something is wrong with me, but i'm too scared to ask for help so these videos make me feel a little bit better.


thank you for this doddie. i have a feeling i've always had depersonalisation, but never seeked professional help. just wanted to run through a few things in case anyone can relate or explain...
when i was younger i used to have these weird sort of, i can only describe as, seizures (similar to migraine) but i would be in a dream state, hearing very loud noises which weren't there like a cash register or something random, and everything would go very slowly and i would feel panicky - this would come on randomly and its happened only a few times recently but not as common as when i was younger. also, anyone experience weird uncomfortable dreams where your head feels like cotton wool and your body just feels out of place, and just really surreal. at first i thought this dream thing was just my subconscious being weird, but now its more of an ongoing experience, like i wake up grinding my teeth sometimes and just feeling really 'out of body'. i can only relate the feeling to when you have pins and needles.
anyway, thats my weirdness - any comments on this would be appreciated :)


thank you for this doddie. i have a feeling i've always had depersonalisation, but never seeked professional help. just wanted to run through a few things in case anyone can relate or explain...
when i was younger i used to have these weird sort of, i can only describe as, seizures (similar to migraine) but i would be in a dream state, hearing very loud noises which weren't there like a cash register or something random, and everything would go very slowly and i would feel panicky - this would come on randomly and its happened only a few times recently but not as common as when i was younger. also, anyone experience weird uncomfortable dreams where your head feels like cotton wool and your body just feels out of place, and just really surreal. at first i thought this dream thing was just my subconscious being weird, but now its more of an ongoing experience, like i wake up grinding my teeth sometimes and just feeling really 'out of body'. i can only relate the feeling to when you have pins and needles.
i feel like these experiences somehow tie to my history of identity issues and body dysmorphia...but i've never met anyone who has had similar experiences or can shed light onto it.
anyway, thats my weirdness - any comments on this would be appreciated :)


I have derealization ever since a traumatic experience early this year. I'm an actress, the absolute worst thing that can happen (considering my choice of career) is spacing out during an audition, which happened several times. <br>Thank you for this video, it was very insightful.

I have derealization ever since a traumatic experience early this year. I'm an actress, the absolute worst thing that can happen (considering my choice of career) is spacing out during an audition, which happened several times.
Thank you for this video, it was very insightful.


Thank you so much for this video. I have some form of depersonalization and derealization because I've needed to shut down on some level due to being in a really conservative, homophobic family. This video was helpful because sometimes I don't think I'll ever be able to process everything I've been through or actually feel better. Thanks for the hope and education. <3


loved this video, it's very interesting to listen to you both and it's good to educate people about this!! also, loved the small comments you added 💛💛


I used to have "attacks" of depersonalisation, I remember them starting when I was around 15 but they probably started a lot earlier then that. I would feel like I was trapped in my head and was just watching the world through a control room window, it was so weird and no one I talked to understood. It didn't happen often but it was enough for me to notice something was wrong. This past year I've been having attacks of derealisation and their getting closer and closer together and lasting much longer. I get so disoriented and can't really function properly if at all. I know that I'm triggered by loud and clostraphobic sounds, like a busy supermarket or if the tumbledrier is on. But sometimes it just comes of no where. It's so weird and I just wish it would stop.


This was so interesting and useful. I was very dissociative for a while after I ended a toxic relationship but after about six months, despite still in the recovery process somewhat, I'm feeling a lot better in terms of my derealisation. However because I didn't know much about it or the causes,I was very worried I was making it all up, that it was all in my head and that my de realisation wasn't valid because of how quickly it went compared to other people. However this video taught me a lot about derealisation and how it's caused; and I think the fact that I processed all of my memories over that time was what made me feel better. I still deal with it and other issues sometimes but I'm in the best place I've ever been. Thanks for making amazing content, like always ❤


I can relate to your mental state so well its crazy. <br>I feel you Dodie. ❤

I can relate to your mental state so well its crazy.
I feel you Dodie. ❤


I had depersonalization for the longest time and the video you made on it and anxiety accompanied by depression helped me to realise the disorder. The depersonalization is a side effect of my PTSD. You saved my life basically so thank you :)


When my parents were going through a rough patch before their divorce, there was one time my dad shoved my mom against the wall and we left the house for a day, and another time he drove like a crazy person while they were fighting. I don't remember most of these events, so my anxious head has filled in the brain with the worst case scenario. I would have panic attacks in the middle of the night when I stayed at his house. It wasn't until after my mom told me about this that I was able to stop crying on the drive there.


it's so important that you make these videos! it's so great that you help give her a platform to spread awareness!


Thank you so much Dodie and Kati for making this video, you're helping many people <3
Since we're talking about mental health here, I kind of want to share my mental heath issues to see if maybe somebody feel the same way
I don't know if this is depression or anxiety or anything, but I often get periods where the whole world seems like it's falling apart, I'm terrified of everything, like I'm never going to be able to get married or have good friends or a job... when I'm at that point I feel extreme guilt over absolutely everything I've ever done, things as small as swearing or being open about my feelings with my friends, and I feel the need to tell my mom everything to get some relieve but it usually only works for 2 minutes before the guilt and thought obsessing about everything return. It's not like I WANT to tell my mom about stuff that most teenagers do, it's because my brain feels like it's going to explode if I don't. I also can't sleep, my memory gets really bad, I can't concentrate. I also have had this constant anxious feeling in my chest every day for the last 3 years, but it seemed to have suddenly disappeared about 3 weeks ago (which is kinda terrifying tbh)
I had been feeling better than I've had in a long time, but a few days ago I found myself slipping into depression again... Does anybody have the same thing? :( I feel so alone sometimes, like I'm making everything up and none of this is valid


I cannot tell you how thankful I am for you guys making this video, I've had this 10 years 24/7. Horrendous disorder.


Wow this really made me understand things a lot clearer. It's so interesting to learn about this topic and what going on in people's heads when this happens. I wanted to know more about this topic because before I didn't really get it but I understand a lot clearer now!


Thank you so much for making this video, Dodie and Kati.
Ever since I was little I've experienced these things, but in the last few months, things have gotten really bad.
I was too scared to Google anything just in case it was something really bad (not saying this is a good thing to have. It's hell for me), then I saw one of your videos talking about it, and I finally had a word/name to this thing.
I searched for it and it's exactly what I've been experiencing.
I was too scared to talk to anyone about it.
Last week I finally told my mum and she was so supportive and she said she's going to help me get the help I need.
After watching this, I'm definitely going to send this video to my mum so she has a better understanding.
It feels so good to finally know what this is.
Thank you so much!

P.S. I love you! You're amazing!


I love this video 💖 I don't suffer from any of these specific problems but it is very interesting to learn about! It's also v important cause it help me(and other people lol) understand what others are going throughh


well, I'm not affected by any of those things. Thankfully, I feel really connected to myself and my body. I do have slight tendencies towards derealisation since I get lost into my thoughts so many times people think I'm not there anymore. Now this is also an effect from my ADD, getting distracted a lot of the time, but I think there's a little more behind it since (I think) I subconsciously choose when to lose interest in reality. Really interesting subject, and I'm definitely going to do some self studying on it :P


I'm definetly going to binge watch Kati's Videos! I do not suffer from mental health issues (I think!), but I am so interested in learning more about mental illnesses and Things of that sort. As a teacher I want to be empathetic and understand the complexity of the human brain as much as I can. Thank you for this informative Video, I enjoyed it very much :)


I find you mental health videos so helpful!! Thank you so much for making them, they really help me ❤


Thank you so much for this video, you probably won't see this message but i've had the same problem as you for almost two years now and like you i found out not many know what it is, and it's difficult to explain. so i'm really glad you're doing these videos now, because it's helpful for both the people having this problem to understand it, and the friends of these people to understand the issue and how to react accordingly. I always liked your channel and music and now this series of videos is helping me a lot, so thank you for everything dodie, i hope you'll be able to heal soon


When I was in a deep depression last year, I started having despersonalisation and desrealisation. Dissociation I've always had since I was a child, sometimes I space out when I have to deal with something really stressful. It's like I'm not there, and everything slows down and it freaks me out. Now that I'm better (not cured, I still have some ups and downs) despersonalisation and desrealisation don't happen anymore, but I still dissociate sometimes. But I'm learning to deal with it.

Being a person that dissociates more, I've developed some cope mecanisms. One thing that I do is ALWAYS tell my friends that I have this condition, so they can help me. When I dissociate, I can't do anything, it feels awful, so I told them to talk to me when they realize that I'm not "there". Talk to me about puppies, and happy things, or remove the thing that is causing me to "zone out" and then helping me. Having friends that understand what I go through is amazing and helpful so don't be afraid, tell them what you have and if they love you they're gonna help. If it happens when I'm alone, I focus on breathing. I have two ways of breathing that helps me. One is inhaling for four seconds, a pause for 7s, and then exhale for 8s. The other one is doing it as a "box": inhale 4s, pause 4s, exhale 4s, pause 4s. You decide for how long in this one. Then I try things like: a cube of ice in my hand, claping hands in front of a mirror to come back, listening to songs that I love and on earphones so I can really listen to the music and come back.

As I'm getting better, I'm dissociating less, so I recomend looking for professional help too!


Hey Dodie!❤ I think that I have 'derealisation and/or depersonalisation'. I don't really know what to do🤷🏼♀ When I talk to my parents about it they just say that I'm drowned in my thoughts, which is sort of true but I really want to seek help, anyone got any advice?🌻


I've been describing how I feel for so long and now I finally know it's called derealisation


I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH<br>I'm almost certain I feel derealization at school and so many other times. At school I'm around so many people and while being an introvert it makes my whole body want to shut down. I feel like I'm never awake (not tired, but I also am always tired lol) and that nothing I touch is real. I feel like I'm just a robot who's been programmed. I absolutely hate it, but am so glad to maybe have found what it is.

I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH
I'm almost certain I feel derealization at school and so many other times. At school I'm around so many people and while being an introvert it makes my whole body want to shut down. I feel like I'm never awake (not tired, but I also am always tired lol) and that nothing I touch is real. I feel like I'm just a robot who's been programmed. I absolutely hate it, but am so glad to maybe have found what it is.


I have a few thoughts so far. Personally, I take Zoloft and it works very well (started on 25 mg then 50). Recently in therapy, I did EMDR for the second time. The first time around, I didn't feel anything from it and felt it wouldn't work (we did an old memory that had lost effect on its own) but the second time, I had a recent episode and we did it and it worked very well. Grounding isn't very effective for me? Idk. I fidget a lot too.


good god i love you dodie. thank you for making this mental illness more talked about. it's nice to not be alone


i get derealization and i'm so happy it's being recognized


I'm really stuck right now in thought patterns. But what I can manage to say right now, is thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mental health discussions are SO important!


I loved the inside out marbles comparison. It really helped me visualise and understand what happens. This video was really helpful in general! I sometimes experience the sensation of not really feeling the things happening around me. Its like im in a certain situation but my brain just denies what im seeing and hearing but just shuts off for a bit to process whats going on. I guess thats a bit of dissociation. Its nothing serious but im really glad i understand what happens now. Thank you both for such an amazing video! I hope you finally find a treatment that helps you, good luck ❤


hi. i've suffered through derealization since i was 14. i didn't know it had a name. i was too ashamed to tell anyone about it because i thought i was broken/ruined/crazy. i told my mom when i was around 17, and she was absolutely terrified of me. it made me feel like a monster. and then i started watching your channel... and you made a video on it. you gave it a name. you made me feel human.

i'm 25 now and i finally have the courage to talk about derealization with others, and i'm even going to a counselor now. and here you are now, talking with mental health professionals and helping even more people just like me. kids whose mothers might not understand. adults who never had a name for what they've been carrying.

i don't really know how to thank you for what you've given back to me. you don't even know me. your music helps me all the time – i'm pretty sure you went inside my brain and wrote 'when'– and i just absolutely adore you. thank you, thank you, thank you.


wow this is a really educational and helpful video!! even though i don't experience depersonalisation or derealisation, it did help me think a little differently about my depression!


Hello Dodie! Thank you for talking about such issues, I think it's very brave of you to do so, I don't personally think I could even mention my depressive episodes to any one! But One you put on side notes in your videos, could you leave them on screen for a bit longer? As a non-English native speaker, it's already a bit hard to follow everything, and pausing every now and then makes it hard for me to keep up with the conversation!

That being said, I'd like to mention that I love you very much and that your music has helped me putting real emotions on weird moments of my life! Bless you ! :)


This stuff is so helpful and motivating, like just talking about it and knowing other people are going through it and figuring it out is so nice. It'd be nice to feel my emotions again.


Such an interesting video, Kati is so clear explaining things, I hope you find a way to live better with this illnesses Dodie 💛💛💛


it's so nice knowing other people go through this, like, it makes me so emotional knowing i'm not alone even a lot of the time i truly believe i am... to anyone reading this suffering the same, you're not alone and people love you (including me)! you will be fine and soon you will feel whole again <3


Oh my gosh I never imagined such a combination!!! Thank you so much for making this video!


this was so helpful, thank you for making this❤


Ugh! thank you guys for talking about these things! so helpful and interesting :)


seeing dodie smile and the warm glow in her face when listening to kati was so sweet like i feel that kati is what dodie needs not just because of her profession but because of her being and personality. She obviously feels so comfortable being and talking with her and also since dodie realeased the "am I sharing too much" video I feel she has grown. She may be feeling worse or up and down but she's actively changing the way she approaches the subject and how she feels. I love her so much 💛


From around the age of..7? I've had panic attacks some nights from thinking of death. I don't have them that much (about that) now, I'm 14, and now that I'm watching this, I think I had dearelisation after the panic attacks, mainly when I was younger. Thank you for this video ❤


I suffer with  Derealisation and BPD (Borderline personality disorder). I find that talk therapy with a therapist that specialises in Schema therapy and Somatic therapy works best this type of condition. My therapist will always "check in" with me, she tries to ground me as soon as i sit down with her. She has given me this small white shell to touch and play with whenever i feel separated from my body or my situation. Just being able to talk through a thought or feeling or memory or even just going into detail about what i cooked that day, is enough make my brain learn to feel again. Breathing techniqes may not sound relavant but it certainly helps to refocus yourself out of a bad situation of diconnecing and anxiety.  I had a build up of very odd and traumtic events from a baby and again in my early teens and then early 20's. I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar due to my doctors not fully understanding what was happening to me. So its so important that you keep searching for the right people to listen to you. This is one of the best videos you have done on this channel Dodie. its very relatable to thouands of people.


Thank you so much this was so informative and helpful, especially because this topic isn't talked about very often.


I realised so many things in this video thank you so much for making this xx


Really enjoyed this video, even though I don't suffer from any of these conditions. I thought it was really thoughtful - thanks dodie :)


Excellent excellent vid Dodie!!!! Kati was so helpful oh my word. I don't suffer from derealisation thankfully, but I just really found this so interesting in understand where my generalised anxiety might stem from, especially that whole part about trauma being big Ts and Little ts. xxx


omg this is soo helpful!! I struggle with dissociative disorders and sometimes I feel kind a lonly in this area because nobody reallly talks about it, and know anything about it. thanks thanks thanks!!


i suffer from depersonalisation and my friends always have to try and help me actually be there in the moment as appose to with myself in a bubble where time just walks away and i feel like a minute has gone by but really it's been 20 minutes and I'm really lucky to have such great friends and a wonderful life  and this video has really helped me connect and let me know I'm not alone in this world of craziness so thank you. I really does mean a lot.


I recently got rid of my depression and anxiety but it's a constant battle, I'd say it's been gone for about three months but every single day I have to fight with myself to get out of bed, to give the day a shot, some days I cry, but most days i'm fine. The thing she said about little T's and big T's really struck a cord with me. During these past two years my mom got depressed and lost her hair, school was very stressful, and during my recovery this year my friend tried to kill herself, my dad got MS and my grandma died. Life is a constant struggle but it's always worth it. If you're experiencing depression or recently got out of it, the song "flowers in the window" by Travis is a very great song when you feel hopeless. The song is about having children, but I like to listen to it as if it's about someone getting happy after a long while of sadness.


I use playing cards to shuffle hen im feeling like im away from myself, that or circling my finger in my palm and tracing my fingers.
its grounding and it keeps you feeling.
as for trauma therapy ive done a lot of talking with friends and relatives and such. i had to find out ways to do it by myself as the NHS didnt really have much help for me. they helped with depression and anxiety.
i still space the hell out and have nothing there at all.
Thanks for this video.


kati makes me feel so calm and at ease that i actually started crying watching this lol


i think my experience with mental illness could even if for a little tiny bit benefit you. I did go to a therapist which helped so much but the other significant thing is that i got introduced to a philosopher named Alan Watts and by listening to recordings of his lectures i slowly got better, my view on life changed 100% and i began understanding what it is really like to live, and I think that is very important to help with depersonalisation. He does’t talk about mental illnesses but by seeing the world differently your brain can see a world where it can work better with. if you could only listen to one start with this one titled “The Root of your Anxiety” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nchUv3GhdJ4

what’s different about him is that he’s very humorous and he never said anything like he doesn’t understand. I just hope you’ll listen to this because i really do think it might help, at least to catch your attention into looking further into what he says.
Lots of love X.


I think this is such a good way to talk about mental health problems. It helps people who have similar or even the same problems, but it also doesn't drag you down, because it is focused on ways to improve. I really like it, well done!


It's nice to see dodie learning about her issues and how to help them, as well as teach the public without scaring or egging anyone on.


omg i love kati moreton!!! she's an inspiration to me, since i want to become a therapist one day :)


thankyou for this dodie. i didn't know anything about depersonalisation but listening this felt like a huge realization because for the past two years i've felt like i was watching tv. like nothing is really happening, and now i can look into it and get help thankyou :)


i have derealisation!! thought it was depersonalisation but yea. it often happens after i've had an intense dream for some reason and it can last from 30 minutes to like, 2 hours i think (usually until i get into my routine, specifically when i have to start socializing with classmates and stuff. the ride on the train is always a surreal experience though)
i don't think i've ever been thraumatized though. but i've suffered from anxiety and social anxiety all my life and it affected me a lot as a child (one huge symptom was my biting my nails til they bled, i've had 3-4mm long fingernails til just a few years ago). maybe i'm just a bit stressed right now? i'm gonna finish uni next year and i'm feeling a lot of pressure from my family and friends so. idk! it's confusing
i used to see a therapist but let's say she wasn't quite helpful, since she mocked me and made me feel bad for how i was feeling so i'm not really open to talking about it with anyone else cause honestly people are gonna think i'm weird or they're gonna tell me i don't have the right to have mental issues since my life isn't so hard...idk.
but thanks for the info ily : )


to me it feels like i'm living life through a virtual reality headset. most of the time it's pretty close, but still doesn't feel quite real, and i'm not quite connected to my body. but when it gets bad it's laggy, poorly calibrated, the camera the scenario was filmed with was out of focus, and there was something muffling the mic. additionally, i can get really paranoid about it, thinking that i really am in a dream, or a computer simulation or whatever and i'm seeing the trick being played on me, so grounding techniques don't really work bc I think i'm seeing the truth and whoever's giving me tips is trying to keep me in the dark or under control. which is probably more connected to something other than derealization. :/


I showed this to my mom and she finally understands me <br>I get both of  them all the time to the point I have done something and not really relise I'm doing it but doddle I love u and ur channel stay awesome 🤗

I showed this to my mom and she finally understands me
I get both of  them all the time to the point I have done something and not really relise I'm doing it but doddle I love u and ur channel stay awesome 🤗


Thank you so much for this video this was so helpful!! Xoxo


oooh this is interesting. i never realised but im fairly sure i was experiencing all three on and off about 2 years ago. i remember writing a poem about how my limbs felt heavy and like they were disconnecting from my body. i would just float from room to room like i was being dragged. my eyelids felt like they were getting thicker and harder to move. sometimes i would just sit on my carpet and stare at the sun but not in a peaceful way more like a numb practically dead way. it was intolerable. mostly because i didnt know why i felt like that. i thought it was just depression. maybe it was? all i know is that im over it hopefully for good.


THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! <br>This is soooo helpful

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!
This is soooo helpful

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I have a disorder(?) and it was recognised over a decade ago but it still isn't majorly accepted. <br>Thank you for talking about how you had to take in a letter/wiki page. I'm thinking about going in for help and I was worried that they would turn it down or maybe think I was trying to do their job for them?

I have a disorder(?) and it was recognised over a decade ago but it still isn't majorly accepted.
Thank you for talking about how you had to take in a letter/wiki page. I'm thinking about going in for help and I was worried that they would turn it down or maybe think I was trying to do their job for them?


When dodie was talking about how depresonilzatuon/derealization is scarce in research, that is what my career is going to be. I'm going to school for neurology and psychology so I can help with the research to help find curing methods and good meds for those who are sick. I love u dodie


Thankfully, I do not suffer from any mental illnesses.
I don't have dissociation or derealization.
One time though, I was just playing football and out of nowhere something just happened and it felt like everything around me just turned into fiction.
I was seeing my friends run around after the ball. I was running after it myself but I just felt like I wasn't there. It lasted for around 10 minutes. I was controlling myself, I could think and speak and move but I just felt weird. I was so terrified.
I know this is not the derealization or depersonalisation.
What happened does match the spacing out description I've read and heard though.
It has only happened once in my entire life, it's not a big deal at all
I just wanna say that if THAT is how you feel 24×7, and you still get through it: hats off Dodie. You're a brave brave brave person.


i wish i knew about the fact that EMDR doesn't work if you struggle with dissociation. i always thought i was doing it wrong!! there was one instance where it worked but i still couldn't help but feel like i wasn't doing something right. my therapist told me mine stems from small traumas with a couple big traumas thrown in there, the same as yours, all spanning over the course of a few years. i've always been very spaced out but noticed something was very wrong the last year or so when i became depersonalized and couldn't recognize myself in the mirror. talk therapy helps me most. one day i walked out of a session & was completely grounded for about 20 minutes. it was the happiest i'd ever been.


Kati reminds me so much of my psychologist who helped me a kot in the past and it's giving me a really warm feeling, thaaanks


oh my god when I saw her in the background of one of your stories I really hoped there would be a collab YAY. kati's channels is one of my favorite.


I had a massive bout of derealisation during my A levels (for me it's a symptom of Confusional Migraines).  I start to get paranoid that I'm imagining things and people, and I convince myself that half the stuff (normal things like walls and cars) aren't real.  It's really fuckin strange and why I'm never going to experiment with hallucinogenics.


I don't have derealization or depersonalization but this was very insightful and educating of what other peoples lives could be like.


okay thank you so much for explaining that you dont have to have a giant traumatic experience to experience these things. i keep telling myself i have no reason to feel like this and it sucks mann


i could cry at that metaphor for the shattered marble. all my mental illnesses come attached with "as result of a trauma" or "due to a trauma" and i've never had how i feel explained as well as that. thank you so much for introducing us to her, she seems wonderful!


This is so interesting. I am currently studying to become a Trauma Therapist. It's videos and talks like this that inspire me the most. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us, Dodie! Keep going! I know you can do this! I can't wait to be able to help people who have gone through traumas however I can. ❤❤


i did EDMR with my therapist for my anxiety. we have stopped doing it for now but i did not like it. i wasn't getting into it and i could see through all her questions and tactics. i also don't like therapy because i felt like i was forced to go so that could have been why i was not cooperating. but that was just for me. i also noticed that i was VERY tired and drained after. having my eyes follow a light for minutes on end. just my experience though.


I have this and I never knew what it was, I'm so glad I've watched this so I now I know that it's not only me that has it.


Dodie ! I have found that talk therapy with a therapist who kind of talks through trauma from all years of life has been helpful for me !


I was recently diagnosed with depersonlisation/derealisation yet I don't seem to recall any trauma from my childhood. And I have trouble remembering things so if there was any trauma I don't think I'll ever be able to recall it.  (Hope this made sense)<br>Does anyone else feel that way?

I was recently diagnosed with depersonlisation/derealisation yet I don't seem to recall any trauma from my childhood. And I have trouble remembering things so if there was any trauma I don't think I'll ever be able to recall it.  (Hope this made sense)
Does anyone else feel that way?


I've done EMDR, and in my case they did not do the look at the finger thing, but put loud clicks on a headphone. Worked a treat for me. I hope you can try again at some point, but everyone has a different reaction to all those therapies. keep trying!


I told my mom about how I think I have depression and how I want to go to a doctor and see but she keeps saying "it's just hormones" but I know she doesn't want to admit her child might have mental health problems. It's so bad that I'm constantly sucidal and I don't want to feel this way anymore but she doesn't even care


THE COLLAB I NEVER EXPECTED BUT DEEPLY NEEDED KATI IS THE DAMN BEST


Your friend seems like an amazing psychologist, she is so good !


thank you,, this really helped me. i might actually talk to my friend about it and maybe a doctor because i relate to mANY derealisation symptoms. i often have to hold my chair or hold an object and force my brain back into reality whilst im at school and its shit. when i was a child some events happened with my friend having a serious illness and he didnt make it. i think i destroyed those memories ((like smashing the marble balls of memory in inside out like you were talking about)) but,, i do remember everyone planting a tree for him. everyday i think about him,,when i look at trees and the sky. i think im gonna talk to a friend. thank you guys so much <3


i always have this weir feeling when i'm in big crowds like nothing is real and it's all just a dream and everything that happens is sureal. I always thought i'm just weird or something but now i finally know what it is. Thanks dodie!

twenty one chemical phall out boys! at the disco that's probably caused by anxiety. Your mind is taking you away from things so you don't panic


I'll doubt you'll see this Dodie but I'm just curious, with your Depersonalization, do you ever feel weird looking in the mirror? I know you said you think you look like your brother, but do you ever feel freaked out or super uncomfortable? I experience Depersonalization and I experience this and I just wondered if it's normal. I guess if any of you in the comments have it too, lemme know if you experience this!


DODIE! Thank you! I understand myself a little better now ^^


Tbh, I had no idead what dp/dr was before, and clicking on the video I didnt expect to hear about such a thing. I really had no clue sth like this can exist. Very, very interesting and sad. I hope for all of you to get through this and hope for myself to never have to experience this (or any other) mental disease during lifetime.


this is a beautiful video dodi it shows your vunerability and your strength I know you will find the right thearpy that suits you best love you dodi


I can't even comprehend what these would feel like, I've had drug induced dissociation and depersonalisation from things like ketamine. Was really strange


i suffer from disassociation and it can really suck. honestly my derealisation doesn't ever bother me that much. I don't think it is that intense, but it is the depersonalisation that gets me. i don't feel like a human and my body becomes numb and cold. doing things like drinking a drink feel really wrong. i feel like i am nothing and it is so bad. i am setting up dates to talk to my therapist about it. my last episode with depersonalisation was really bad and scary. i had known i had it but hadnt researched about it, so i didnt know what was going on. i just counted to 10 like 6 times and took deep breaths and kept telling myself that i would be okay, that started to help try and clear the fog. when i get like that it can just be terrifying


I don't know if I have anything, I haven't been diagnosed but sometimes when I have little panic attacks if I'm about to do something in front of a crowd, when I do it I space out and my mind kind of goes on autopilot and then when I try to remember what happened my memory is always kind of hazy. <br>Or if I'm just with friends I'll space out and feel sad for no reason.

I don't know if I have anything, I haven't been diagnosed but sometimes when I have little panic attacks if I'm about to do something in front of a crowd, when I do it I space out and my mind kind of goes on autopilot and then when I try to remember what happened my memory is always kind of hazy.
Or if I'm just with friends I'll space out and feel sad for no reason.


I have never heard of the either of these things but I feel like a light bulb has just gone on in my head. Derealization literally describes all the my "problems".


I don't usually say this because I think it's an overused phrase but this really opened my eyes to what actually goes on, thank you. It's really interesting to see it like inside out. Thank you thank you thank you x


I think touch is helpful with other issues too and we undervalue it. As a single adult it's difficult to come across and yet so powerful in reducing loneliness. Gimme a hug!


i am just at the beginning of this video but what if i constantly feel like everything's not real? and then just in certain periods of time i realize how real everything is and i break down and genuinely feel physically sick.


TWO OF MY FAVOURITE YOUTUBERS TOGETHER UGH MY HEART ❤❤


this is insane. i was going through this last night and then heres the video today. crazy how the world works


wow, i actually don't know a lot about this. glad to learn some more about this stuff today!


I would explain depression and depersionalisation kind of like standing on a bus early in a cold morning, and it's raining outside. And you're just staring forward, following the rhytm of the bus, not bored but not enjoying it either, you're all just quietly waiting to step off the bus. And when people kill themselves it's because they never seem to get to their stop, just standing on the bus forever.


I wish my friends and family knew how to help me with my anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. Sometimes I feel like they just don't care when they don't realize that I'm drowning in my feelings and my anxiety but they just don't understand it. They never really will but I wish they'd try more.


im so happy you made this video!! tysm dodie ily


I LOVE BOTH OF YOU TOGETHER!!!! MY FAVES


i've had glandular fever since april and i have a huge feeling of not existing, not too sure whether it's the glandular fever that is fogging my brain or it's some for of depersonalisation. sometimes i just stand in town for an hour just watching the world go by and it feels like i am not there. my memory is really bad and god i hope i get out of this rut soon. it feels like it's never gonna go away.


I have depersonalisation and it's strange because I don't feel like me. I feel like my mind in someone else's body. It's terrible because I don't feel safe and I feel like I'm only comfortable when I'm away from society and other people who are able to judge me. This sort of stuff isn't a joke. It isn't just made up and it isn't just a little role-play. It is real and affects many people and takes over their lives. We need to increase the awareness of this.


Unrelated but I JUST CUT MY HAIR BECAUSE I REMEMBERED YOU DOING IT AND YOU MADE ME DO IT AFTER 3 YEARS THANKS.

Now related, I feel spaced out a lot... I don't feel like I have depersonalisation although I sometimes get surprised because I forget what I look like. Like I'll look in a mirror and be surprised to see myself lol. But yeah... I don't think I thankfully have that (depression and social anxiety is enough lol) but to anyone who has it regularly, I hope you all will feel better sometime in the near future... And remember it's okay to relapse after a long time of feeling good. I felt happy and non-depressed for almost 6 months and then it came back like a truck so like, don't be dissapointed in yourself when it happens! I (and I'm sure many others) love and support you even if it feels like no one does.

Don't give up! <3333


I love that you talk about things like that because I never knew that that's a thing


Not sure if this is related at all but this is how I've felt about the world:
-Almost all of the time I feel like I'm floating through time, just waiting it out until something happens or I die.

-I often feel like I'm having an out of body experience an that everything is going slowly and I can't open my eyes wide enough or see very well when I'm in a loud environment surrounded by lots of people (although sometimes just loud noises makes me feel like that) this usually puts me in a childlike state I can't come out of for at least 2-4 hours.

-When my depression gets very bad I look at the parts of my body in detail and study them because I get very cold and I start to get very paranoid and believe I'm a robot/being traced/have a tracking device in me. I know im being stupid sometimes and that's impossible to happen but when I get like that it's terrifying and I genuinely believe the government or someone else is watching and monitoring me.

-also often when I get into that state in the last point I view myself as a boy (I'm a cis girl) and I start to feel physically sick when I notice the feminine parts of my body (my boobs, bum and hips are really big so I'm not masculine in any way) i often feel like I'm a trans guy when I get into that state and fantasise about getting surgery and T but then I come out the state after a couple days and I'm fine.

Okay that's almost all my dissociative type things someone help me with wtf this is


i really have no idea how i got derealisation but holy heck do i have it bad!! i had little episodes when i was a kid like mentioned in the video, but it started becoming (i guess chronic?) last winter. i don't know how i got it, i had the flu and i woke up one morning feeling spaced out and it hasn't stopped since. at first i was miserable and i just wanted to feel better, but i guess now that ive had it for almost an entire year im used to it. i think it's starting to fade away but i can't even tell because im sooooooo used to being spaced out that i have no idea what it's like to feel normal. also ive noticed that i drift more into depersonalisation whenever im in social situations like a party or something ?? so yeah that's my story of derealisation it's fucking hell as mine is also combined with depression and anxiety but im getting through it


I have both but mainly depersonalisation. I will put my hand in front of my face and think "woah, is this who I actually am?" It's pretty odd


Can some of these things be caused by mental trauma? Such as mayjor anxiety or intense mental states?? I'm not sure how to explain but I hope that makes sense 😂


After watching this video I think I have derealization I didn't know it was a thing other people had I thought I was weird


Hi. I'm Nikki, I'm 13 years old and I think I'm experiencing the symptoms of dissociation but I feel like my brain is just making it up because I haven't really experienced any trauma recently or anytime I can remember and whenever I talk to my mum about it (she's a GP so if she wanted to she could refer me to a specialist) she doesn't take me seriously and changes the topic for no reason whatsoever. The only advice I can get right now is from the internet and because of this I feel like it's not really happening and it's all just fake. Does anyone have any advice bearing in mind I'm under 16 so I can't go and see a doctor by myself?


this is. the MOST uplifting video holy shit im just like weeping rn i alway thought i was doing sth wrong w emdr and constantly disappointing everyone involved fucking BLESS ok tysm for this video


Katie Morton is brilliant her videos on personality disorders are brilliant


wowow i find kati's voice so calming brb watching her vids


It takes some serious balls to talk about mental health in a world were unfortunately although treatment and public views have come on leaps and bounds since the only asylum days but there's so...so sooo far to go !! To often it's seen as being weak ....your not strong enough to deal. With life ...now that's the ONLY "CRAZY" thing about mental health issues !! So from the bottom of my heart thank you for being so brand bringing much needed awareness and in a HEALTHY way !! I'm blown away that a young lady going through such a crappy time has the resilience to get on here with a PROFESSIONAL which is the most important bit! Educating in a non intimidating relaxed way means more people will open up and get the right help ! There are lots of people online desperate to help who do videos ONLY TRYING TO HELP! (no criticism at all) but end up giving out dangerous advice etc YOUR BOTH AWSOME and if anyone is still reading life's hard sometimes and sometimes it's outright impossible but remember could be in an hour ...a day..a week remember that feeling when someone makes you laugh even crack a "I'm still pissed at you smile" that's always makes my day ! Could be a friend..stranger ..book ...podcast...a doodie video ...have a nice day y'all xx


Ooo I love Kati. Go check out her channel she's amazing 💙💙


I tend to get depersonalisation more than derealisation. It was awful of sertraline for me; if I took my pills even an hour late, I'd be completely derealised for 24 hours or so. I don't get that any more now I'm on venlafaxine, but I still get it occasionally. It sucks balls.


IMPORTANT POINT!!!!!!!! depersonalization/derealization shouldn't be looked at like an illness, and medication isn't a good treatment. It is a learned behaviour that has resulted from your mind being overwhelmed with trauma/worry/negative thoughts etc. Thinking of it as an illness makes it much harder to recover from. I'm in the process of recovering from it as well. Mindset that you are not sick, you are tired and your brain is dealing with it by shutting down means that you can acknowledge that and with therapy and work, retrain your brain to be refreshed more positive.


I'd like to know if it's possible to experience derealisation sometimes and not always ? Because sometimes , it seems , out of nowhere I just completely space out and everything around me seems foggy and like I'm in a dream , it's like I am there but not really , afterwards I usually get a headache and feel a little dizzy and afterwards it still feels like what happened was a dream and I pinch myself a little to see if I'm still there . It's bizarre , this only happens sometimes so I'm not sure what it is. Can someone maybe tell me ?


this video is very important to me because for someone who doesn't understand their mental illness much, and also has friends who don't know or understand my mental illness !!! this means i can send it to my close friends and family and be like "hey dude, this is that thing i have, i hope you understand more" because i find it very difficult when i'm hella s p a c e d out and can't explain it


i don't know if i'm just making excuses or there is actually something wrong with me (it has nothing to do with this), but is always good to learn about mental illness and how i can help.


Ive wanted to know about this for SO LONG


this would've been better to learn than being bored in science


You keep saying it comes from trauma but I have no memories of any real trauma. I have no real bad memories, to be honest. The worst I can remember is in grade 1 yelling out in gym when the class is silent and getting embarrassed, grade 3 being called up for something my friend was doing and being told to stop when I wasn't doing anything and grade 9 (couple moths ago) not being prepared to be called on and stuttering through an answer that didn't make sense. My grandmothers and one grandfather all died within a year but it wasn't very traumatic, it was more like they just live across the world now. I have no clue what the traumatic event(s) you keep referring to could be.


I don't know why but just knowing that dodie is trying to get better even if the things she tried didn't work, it makes me happy???


"Pin the tail in the dog" - best quote ever! XD


this video just had such a nice calm vibe


I space out when I'm nervous and my anxiety has sky rocketed is that the same things??


dodie you've linked this video in the description instead of kati's!! <3


I love when you talk about mental health ahhhhhhhhhhhh


Kati for me looks like Delphine from Orphan Black. (idk why) Is it only me? o.o


Dodie, you put a link to a vid on your channel in the description. It's like a loop, you click on the link and you start watching the same video over and over again


Hey Dodie just to tell you the link for Kati's video in this description is the link for this video and not hers.<br>I thought I was losing it for a second lol

Hey Dodie just to tell you the link for Kati's video in this description is the link for this video and not hers.
I thought I was losing it for a second lol


i feel bad for posting this but i don't understand how dodie can simultaneously not want her brand to become 'mentally ill dodie' but continuously reference her mental health both on social media and on her channel. i love her content usually but on seeing this i just felt tired. on that note however, i will probably still watch it because i love her unconditionally anyway lmao


I did emdr and it kinda helped but I feel like talking was the most helpful idk. Emdr was indeed very weird and it would tire me out a lot.


Sounds like I have real bad derealisation but I thought it was normal?


Tbh i feel like i have depersonalisation etc but I haven't really had any trauma?? Idk I'm so confused I can't put words on me feelings and I just wanna get help but nothing's working for me so far


dodie, you don't know how necessary was this video


I just looked it but thanks for the video


Just a heads up, the link in the description appears to redirect to this video!


so I dont think I have any of those I just feel like I am not conected when I am tired and when I change my routine I just get really scared and I dont feel like I can do anything it is weird


dodie you linked your own video in the description lol


It's like you've been reading my google searches from yesterday...


I know this isn't related to the subject but Kati kinda looks like Kristen Wiig


Hey the link in the description isn't working for me on mobile, but what is the name of the other lady's channel called?


Your link to Kati's channel links back to this video, just a heads up.


The link to kati's channel doesn't seem to work for me. What's her channel's name?🤔


Dodie is it the right link in the description box or is my ipad just not working?


Am I crazy or did you link this video instead of Katis?


just 2 let you know the link that you put for kati's channel just comes back to this video so u might wanna fix that


Just me or does that top link to Katie's channel go back to this video?


(the link to kati's video is just a link to your video)


im only a child but I feel like I have a mild mental illness.  I can't just go to the doctor and ask for info, but I want to know! can people help me?  I'm too young.


Hey, I think the link to the video on Katie's channel is just another link to your video?


dodie u silly sausage i think you've linked the wrong video in the description


Right now I don't feel alive or like I exist


When does this go away??? What can help me its been a year already??? This sucks man for real


the link in the description just links back to this video?


I want you to know that this was actually super helpful video<br>It's hard when you're struggling and can't really find anyone who feels the same way but this video really put some of my feelings to words and sorted some little things out. I've been really dissociated lately and I've had hard time focusing on my environment or anythings else. Talking to my friends the other day really helped. I have a buzzcut and my best friend has a habit of petting and touching my head and it reeeally helps and makes me feel more present and comfortable, so that's one nice thing<3 Thank you for this video, really Dodie, thank you

I want you to know that this was actually super helpful video
It's hard when you're struggling and can't really find anyone who feels the same way but this video really put some of my feelings to words and sorted some little things out. I've been really dissociated lately and I've had hard time focusing on my environment or anythings else. Talking to my friends the other day really helped. I have a buzzcut and my best friend has a habit of petting and touching my head and it reeeally helps and makes me feel more present and comfortable, so that's one nice thing<3 Thank you for this video, really Dodie, thank you


Omg I love Katie's channel so much, thank you for this collab!! I've just graduated high school and I just wanted to say that I am going to be starting therapy for whatever is wrong with me and has been interfering with my life for 3 years (i have no idea what it is lol) and both you and Katie have been a big part of me building up the courage to do that :) thanks dodie love u kbye


This was really interesting, also i now have a word for what I was feeling when I was dealing with grief at the beginning of the year. I felt spaced out and like I was just floating through life, which I now understand as it was a trauma it was dissociation. Thank you for helping me understand that.


This was really great! I've had friends who suffered from depression and it's so interesting to understand how the brain works, like, mental health issues aren't just randomly screwed up brains, there's logic behind it, and a way to treat it.<br>Great video, thanks <3

This was really great! I've had friends who suffered from depression and it's so interesting to understand how the brain works, like, mental health issues aren't just randomly screwed up brains, there's logic behind it, and a way to treat it.
Great video, thanks <3


I love how relaxed dodie is in these videos...it just makes the watching of this video so much easier


Kati helped me so much during my self harming and I've always really appreciated her help. I love that these guys are collab in! 👍👍thanks guys


Thank you for this. I honestly feel a bit better knowing where the emptiness in my brain may have come from and how to deal with it. I love the inside out analogy sm honestly that's such an insightful way to describe it. Thank you for everything dodie ily.


Dodie, I love that you're making these informative videos with a trained professional! Spreading awareness about DR/DP in a responsible and still personal way!


This was really really interesting to watch and I love learning about these things. I think I'm gonna look further into it because I can relate to some things you said. I also really wanna try therapy because I think it would be amazing to just talk to someone that I don't have any relation with and let everything out but then again I'm just really worried about it being really weird and uncomfortable


I loved this so much. I have never experienced any mental illness of any sort, but the past few months I've been really interested in it and been very bothered about how little mental illnesses are talked about and focused on. Learning about it was so interesting and I think after this video I understand at least a bit more of what you were talking about in your videos earlier.


Thank you so much for this Dodie and Kati.  This makes me feel less alone and less crazy and gives me hope that things will be okay. You are a wonderful human being. You give hope to lots of people and you shine bright in your own unique ways. Thank you for being you. ❤


Thank you so much for this! I had my first experience with what I believe to be derealization before Christmas, and it was.... Terrifying. I honestly thought I was going crazy and would never get myself back. I know how I can deal with it better now, and seeing as I get it only badly about once every 1-2 months , I'm doing okay :) <br>This video is bound to be extremely helpful so so many people, if not now, then in the future. I don't want anyone to be as scared as I was. 💚

Thank you so much for this! I had my first experience with what I believe to be derealization before Christmas, and it was.... Terrifying. I honestly thought I was going crazy and would never get myself back. I know how I can deal with it better now, and seeing as I get it only badly about once every 1-2 months , I'm doing okay :)
This video is bound to be extremely helpful so so many people, if not now, then in the future. I don't want anyone to be as scared as I was. 💚


i havent even watched the video yet but already know i'm going to love it. DODIE i really appreciate how much you talk about your mental issues and your everyday struggle. ever since i've found your videos i've felt a lot less alone in my struggle. it's so easy to get yourself into a bad headspace but i always try to be optimistic otherwise i go to deep. i'm not doing that great right now but i'll be fine. i hope but i just wanted to say thanks for unknowingly being there for me. i know you were feeling really down on sunday/satuday(snapchat) and i just wanted to say i love. never feel guilty about how you're feeling and thank you. thank you thank you thank you.


I'm on sertraline and your dosage was so strong! I started on 25mg and gradually rose to 75 over the course of a couple months. The 75 recently has seemed too strong so I went down to 50 I can't imagine how much 100 must've been for you!


This is why I love Dodie so much, her channels are just filled with positivity and even the videos like this that aren't necessarily about a positive subject still have a comforting feel to them and still results in some form of positivity. Dodie Clark is like medication for mental health in human form.


Endlessly proud of you, Dodes 💛 Stay strong.


Thank you so much for posting this video! I learned a lot!😊 It was really interesting and it surely is important to talk about mental health issues nowadays especially about the ones that aren't as known☺


This was so informative and interesting. I deal with depersonalization, but I have never gotten a clear and concise explanation/definition between the differences of dissociation, depersonalization, and derealization. I'm going to share this with my therapist this week. Thanks!


Thank you for making this video. I've been thinking that I've been dealing with this but I wasn't sure. Hearing someone explain what I've been feeling really makes me feel valid. How do you go about asking for help without people misunderstanding or thinking I'm crazy?


Omg I swear!!! Dodie is such an amazing, lovely being! Like she put this video up with a PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST to help her subscribers! And she opened up about herself to which is very meaningful and can be hard to do!! I love her so muchhhhh!


Thank you so much for this video! For about a year now, I've notice that something wasn't quite right. Some days, the things happening around me seem like I am watching a movie and that it isn't my reality. Some days I just can't FEEL anything. No fear, sadness (which sounds like it would be a good thing) but also no happiness or peace. I'm glad that I can kind of put a name to what I've been feeling (or a lack thereof) and find ways to help myself. Best wishes to you dodie 💝


I struggle with this so much and this was so interesting and helpful to learn about. Thank you!


I got so excited when I saw Kati because I love watching her videos because she's just so empathetic and her channel really does help to educate me more on mental health and how to take care of myself and just the fact that she made a video with Dodie makes me so happy agdjdk


so grateful for this, it is always comforting to know that there is information out there and that we are not alone 💞


Thank you so so much for this! I love you both, and the way you described it is just so perfect. Especially the part about putting things in compartments and shattering it!!


Such a good and important video! Thank you so much for talking about your struggles with mental health - it really does make a difference and helps me feel less alone.


I love kati!! 😀 im so glad you have done a video with her dodie, two of my favourite youtubers combined into the one video ❤


I've got anxiety and I tried CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) - it was useless for me, I tried guided self help (you're given the tools and guidance to help yourself) - it was amazing and I feel so much better after it.


Such a lovely video. Really helps those experiencing mental health problems (or not!) understand more and be educated!! 💛💛💛


Ah yes, I've been slowly trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I've known for sometime that it was most likely anxiety and depersonalisation/realisation, but putting into context of trauma makes so much sense, considering I have allot of violent graphic intrusive thoughts. (And allot of actual large traumas growing up.)


Kati is so friggin adorable I'm so glad you guys colabbed I've been binge watching both of your videos for weeks


Bless dodie. <br>I knew about dissociation but I didn't know the others/the differences and this video was very helpful! I definitely suffer from derealization quite a lot! It's nice to know things that will help now.

Bless dodie.
I knew about dissociation but I didn't know the others/the differences and this video was very helpful! I definitely suffer from derealization quite a lot! It's nice to know things that will help now.


I love Kati so much! This made me so happy to see this collab!!!


So glad you made this video. I feel have all three and I'm trying so hard to find a way to get help or at least figure out what's wrong so I feel less crazy.


My two favorite youtubers 😭❤ how did we get so lucky! You both are beautiful souls ❤❤⭐⭐


Sometimes I feel as if my hands aren't mine, but I've always just called it Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. I didn't know it was actually a mental illness. I also get the "life feels like a dream" thing and I wrote that off as tiredness.


I've had derealisation off and on since I was 16 (I'm 22 now) I'm all for videos on this because when I tell people I experience this, a lot of people don't even know dissociation/depersonalization/derealisation exists


When you talked about your medication problem, i completely understood and that sounds like me when I was overmedicated and I completely disassociated and felt completely numb. I've moved to Well Butrin (? I cant spell 😂)  and it has helped me a lot. Although I still need to start therapy but it's still a step forward. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences openly and really helping start the conversation.


it was so, i don't know, comforting to listen to this. I myself don't suffer from depersonalisation/derealisation, but i do have social anxiety. i always find myself feeling soothed when i listen to people talk about their issues in their head, because it makes me feel less isolated.all those people you see online, those people who lie about having a mental illness because its 'trendy' or whatever make me feel so nervous became not only am i worrying about making a fool out of myself on a day to day basis, i'm apsalotly terefied that if i go to a therepest, they are going to turn round and tell me that im faking it, or that it isn't that big of a deal.


Thank you so much! I know I have something going on in my brain and derealisation sounds sooo like what I have experienced. Maybe this is it? I've been trying to find out for quite a while. So again thank you so so so so much for making this video


I never knew what I was experiencing until this video, I genuinely thought I was going crazy. Thank you so much.


This was so informative and very interesting to watch, thanks dodie!


wow.. I didn't know this was a thing before dodie talked about it and now I've realised why I'm feeling so weird all the time so thank you so so much for being so open about it <3


Thanks Dodie and Kati! ^_^
I had a weird bout of stage nerves at a performance the other day (fine until not long before a big solo, when my hands started shaking and my wrists locked, which as a drummer is a bad situation!), and after it I felt so angry and then almost trapped within myself.

Will definitely look more into these, I've been considering this label for me for a while now but these recent events pushed me over the edge a bit and I now feel like I want answers.


thank u dodie :') for about 2 months i felt like i was never going to be myself again? i didnt feel anything except when i would get an overwhelming emotional spur. it was seriously all or nothing. and everything i said didnt feel like something i would say, i didnt feel like me. ive come out of that a bit as of now but i know it will come back, it always has, just not that bad. your strength and the effort you put into getting out of where you are is so inspiring to me, and it has helped me through everything thank you dodie.


This video is so amazing. Very informative and interesting. Your friend seems so clever and nice! Good for you to be doing these stuff :)


This was so helpful! Thank you so much Dodie!


oh my GOD!! DODIE, this. honestly just helped me describe how ive been feeling for the past.... few weeks<br>ive been put on sertraline for my anxiety/depression and, for a while i felt AMAZING and so happy and sociable.... then it quickly came down and i felt. nothing. and i felt wrong, that i MISSED my anxiety and feeling bad, and i didn't know why but its.... really comforting to know that other people experience the same thing! ; v ;

oh my GOD!! DODIE, this. honestly just helped me describe how ive been feeling for the past.... few weeks
ive been put on sertraline for my anxiety/depression and, for a while i felt AMAZING and so happy and sociable.... then it quickly came down and i felt. nothing. and i felt wrong, that i MISSED my anxiety and feeling bad, and i didn't know why but its.... really comforting to know that other people experience the same thing! ; v ;


I have depersonalisation and I only recently discovered it. EMDR didn't work for me, but I am going to therapy and it really helps me. I wanna encourage everyone who is struggling with something to see someone. Anyone at all! Talking might be difficult but I promise it helps. Take care of yourself 💓


And yet again i found a video that makes me want to study psychology even more😂❤


AUGH I SAW HER STORY LAST NIGHT AND IT ENDED UP HER CRYING I CANT WITH THIS TAKE YOUR TIME DODIE YOURE GOOD ENOUGH WERE THE ONES THAT DONT DESERVE YOU


Being a therapist is my dream! Psychology is the most interesting thing to me and I can't wait to study it!! Nice vid


I've been sobbing all day because I've felt so discouraged from this. I have both, but more derealization. I just realized I have "little t's". I always thought "oh no I couldn't have it from trauma! I've never been in a wreck or an abusive setting." But now looking back at all the things I've gone through from age 6 to now, it DID all pile up and it DID finally snap. Thank you dodie and kati to help me. I'm going to my first therapist appointment soon. 💛💛💛


Thanks for this video, dodie. I have both DPD and DRD.