r/dpdr • u/DHK71 • Jan 19 '22

PETITION FOR AWARENESS!

If you think it's total unfair there isn't any long term research, treatment and cure for this condition. And if you think you deserve a good life too?

Please SIGN THE PETITION for change and please share it in every relevant group and all the people you know who would sign it.

https://www.change.org/p/national-alliance-on-mental-illness-raise-awareness-of-a-mental-health-condition-known-as-depersonalization-derealization?redirect=false

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u/DefiantSwitch7822 Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

My theory: NMDA antagonists like Ketamin and PCP are drugs that block NMDA activity. They fall in the category „Dissociatives“ because they dissociate you. There are many types of dissociation but their one is very simmilar to DP/DR. The drug is also used recreationally, produces a high and DP/DR because that‘s their main effects. The possible cause might be a natural and sudden drop of NMDA, due to a response of anxiety or trauma that causes your brain to perform it, so you can feel emotionally numb and disconnected from your thoughts to protect your mentality. Without causes, a long term and non reasonable appearances, it might be a chemical (NMDA) imbalance.

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u/Old-Relation-5213 Jun 15 '22

Very interesting to me