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Dissociation and Substance Use: Does One Affect the Other?

Do any of you dissociate in any way wether depersonalization or derealization? And If so do you think the use of substances makes it worse?

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mia_lillliana

i have depersonalization and derealization constantly for the past almost year and yes i definitely does for me atleast depersonalization derealization can also be caused by substance use

avswe

yes substance makes it worse; especially hallucinogens and weed

gothie

honestly it depends i’ve used lsd and it made me feel more intact with everything but it only lasted a little bit so short term yeah but i don’t recommend it

Taylortot

We’ll for me they do alcohol is usually okay but something like weed is very triggering especially since mine happened during a time where I was doing drugs

Donnysaur

Weed sent me into a panic spiral where several mental health issues I had were brought to the forefront for the very first time, and I haven’t been able to shake them since. I think weed can be helpful in specific individuals, but it ruined my life lol.

Bernie7

yeah similarly to some commenters I had my first DPDR experience when I smoked weed sooo

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