Anyone else experience this ?
I kind of want to demystify DPDR and see if anyone else has experienced something similar. This is more of the stress-induced kind
When it started, I remember the week before feeling this intense head pressure due to academic and emotional stress. I felt like giving up so I let the head pressure built up in the moments that followed. A few days later, I noticed visual snow and had a panic attack. I went to sleep and upon waking up, experienced anxiety for the first time of my life — my legs were restless, I couldn’t close my eyes without experiencing rushing thoughts, and my body simply couldn’t relax in bed (I’m a lazy person and would spend a lot of time cozied up in bed so this one scared me especially).This continued for weeks and then I experienced another stressful moment and felt the intense head-pressure again but this time had a panic attack and derealization
But now I’m experiencing something different. It’s the opposite of head-pressure, I feel relief when it happens and then my head feels warm and fuzzy. And I feel more grounded in my body and relaxed. But it’s a strange feeling and it’s a release of head pressure. And of course there are visual improvements like the visual snow going away and things appearing more life-like. I feel less floaty and more grounded.
But this was definitely stress induced because I’m set to graduate in a few weeks and I’m done with end of years things like a capstone project so the finish line feels close