[jtassar93]

I recently learned that this is what I have and that it's a symptom of bipolar.

I need to know how to deal with this. It gets so bad sometimes. Like I'm constantly on the verge of a freak out where it feels like my head is about to explode.

The only thing that has helped is staring at trees and telling myself over and over again in my head that I'm okay,

Any help would be appreciated.

[wildflowerchild25]

Grounding exercises can help.mone I've found useful is to use your five senses. Five things you can see, four things you can smell, three things you can hear, two things you can touch, one thing you can taste. Something like that. Look up grounding exercises on Google. I'm sure there are many more.

[Guess7131]

Yeah DP/DR is unbearable at time's. I have had it for around 2 years now. And it just seems to get worse. But i have found that watching movies/tv shows and engaging in conversations bring's you back a bit.

[Coconutzo]

My therapist has me go body part by body part, tapping and saying "this is my foot. This is my knee. This is my waist." Etc to correspond with what I am touching

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[Wander]

All great advice. I also find getting outside in nature helps ground me. Touch the trees, smells the flowers etc It can be made worse by anxiety so try to avoid as many anxiety provoking situations as possible. Hope it goes away soon.

[jtassar93]

Thanks guys. I know keeping busy and distracted helps. But this doesn't help me when going to bed. It's just me and my mind, nothing else to distract me.

[kkrrhh]

Mindfulness meditation has helped me lately, though other times it doesn't. Definitely the grounding exercises, too. Another thing I heard about a while back that helps is simply calmly repeating, "I am here, here I am," or a similar mantra in your mind.
And as simple as it sounds, it's important to remind yourself that it's just a feeling, it's temporary, and it does not actually harm anything or mean you're in danger (despite, of course, being very unpleasant, I know). I try to be mindful of the connection that it, at least for me, has with emotional reasoning. I'll try to remove myself from the anxiety and recall/recreate an image of the world around me feeling fine, normal, real, and safe like it would at another time; and then remind myself that that is still the same world I'm in right now, things are still happening 100% the same around me - the only difference is a little funkiness going on in my mind and things will be ok, and it will pass.

As far as while trying to sleep, have you tried relaxing music or sounds that you can try to focus your mind on while you fall asleep?
I'm sorry you're going through this, I know it sucks so much.

[scar12346]

Originally Posted by jtassar93

I recently learned that this is what I have and that it's a symptom of bipolar.

I need to know how to deal with this. It gets so bad sometimes. Like I'm constantly on the verge of a freak out where it feels like my head is about to explode.

The only thing that has helped is staring at trees and telling myself over and over again in my head that I'm okay,

Any help would be appreciated.

I don't know if this helps for derealization, but I have extreme depersonalization, I usually call a very close friend and ask them to tell me my name, age, nationality, the time and year. After that I would drink water and say "it's okay"

[jtassar93]

Thanks everyone.

Just wondering if anyone else had any ideas. The 5 senses and touching each body part don't help me.It's really severe/ I feel like one of these times my head is going to explode. I haven't tried many grounding exercises yet. Nothing seems to help me.

[scar12346]

Originally Posted by jtassar93

Thanks everyone.

Just wondering if anyone else had any ideas. The 5 senses and touching each body part don't help me.It's really severe/ I feel like one of these times my head is going to explode. I haven't tried many grounding exercises yet. Nothing seems to help me.

For a ground exercise maybe try stepping back taking a deep breath and ask yourself "Why am I feeling like that, it doesn't matter it will move pass" It works for me sometimes, so why not try! Wishing you the best.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Definitely some grounding and mindfulness exercises can help. Start a list of ways to bring yourself back that you can practice so when it does happen you will know which to try