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I need help for my brother !

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till101

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hi,
i hope this is the right place !
today i met my brother, who has never taken any drugs, except of alcohol and 5-10 joints.
here is is problem he told me today:
he said that since 4 weeks the world seems unreal for him in many situations. the things, the people seem to be foreign for him. it is hard to explain in detail for me, because my main language is german. but i talked about 2 hours with him about it, and to me his explanation sounded the same like the feeling i have when i´m on shrooms or lsd. for example when i´m in the wood and than see the cold dead streets. he also have fear, but he can´t say what he fears.
can anybody help me and tell me what this could be, why and how this can be solved.
he was always healthy and never had and psychotic problem.
i hope this is enough for the beginning as it is hard to describe, but to me it seems that it is something like the fear and the strangeness you can sometimes feel when your on a psychedelic and lookink at buildings, streets, people etc.

please i need help, because that makes me so sad that i need to cry !
he is really unlucky at the moment
 
thx
i found something that is called derealisation, sounds that it is that what he has. hmm...fuck
 
Hey till101, I'm going to move this over to The Dark Side where you might get better advice related to anxiety. Best of luck to you and your brother <3


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Like it has been stated before, marijuana use can bring out thoughts of schitzofrenia in users. Feelings of depersonalization(in my experience) are nothing more than being uncomfortable with who you are.

Anxiety may be a word for it, however I have a problem with the word anxiety as it is a symptom and not the core issue.

Something you may want to tell your brother is that in depression we tend to notice things like pain, derealization and difficulty socializing. The most important thing is to help him by encouraging him to take part in productive activities he enjoys and sustain positive feedback.

A popular, well trained, family doctor may be a good option. Make sure to speak with one that has a mind set geared toward a "Long term" goal and not a cheap doctor that will throw a Benzo script at the problem.

Bottom of the line is that:
If he does not understand the psychoactive differences drugs can have on our psychology, then he needs to stay away from them.
 
Renz certainly said it the best. It could be a combination of things, and it seems that a lot of what he is feeling are just symptoms. Speaking with a family doctor, or getting a recommendation to a psychologist, might do him some good. He can talk things out with them, and they can hopefully help him find the root of these issues so that he can get better for the long-term.
 
till101 said:
hi,
i hope this is the right place !
today i met my brother, who has never taken any drugs, except of alcohol and 5-10 joints.
here is is problem he told me today:
he said that since 4 weeks the world seems unreal for him in many situations. the things, the people seem to be foreign for him. it is hard to explain in detail for me, because my main language is german. but i talked about 2 hours with him about it, and to me his explanation sounded the same like the feeling i have when i´m on shrooms or lsd. for example when i´m in the wood and than see the cold dead streets. he also have fear, but he can´t say what he fears.
can anybody help me and tell me what this could be, why and how this can be solved.
he was always healthy and never had and psychotic problem.
i hope this is enough for the beginning as it is hard to describe, but to me it seems that it is something like the fear and the strangeness you can sometimes feel when your on a psychedelic and lookink at buildings, streets, people etc.

please i need help, because that makes me so sad that i need to cry !
he is really unlucky at the moment
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Depersonalization or Derealization? Maybe that is being caused by the high amount of anxiety he is experiencing.
 
I agree with the derealization guesses. He should see a psychologist as soon as he can if it persists.
 
Dave said:
I agree with the derealization guesses. He should see a psychologist as soon as he can if it persists.
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You know something, I suffer from depersonalization whenever my anxiety is out of control. This didn't start until I had a bad trip on some psychedelics I was taking.
 
Sometimes, for those that are susceptible to it, psychedelics can act as enough of a stressor to bring out underlying psychological issues. Bad trips, in particular.
 
I feared as much.. Now I have anxiety so horrible it's not even funny. If it gets out of control, I take a benzo. I don't take them everday, just as needed, like if I'm on the verge of a horrible panic attack. Can't risk getting addicted again.
 
This definitely sounds like derealisation, which can have a range of causes - sometimes it is temporary and has no apparent cause, often it is linked to anxiety, sometimes other psychiatric disorders, and of course drug use.

Your brother is very lucky to have someone like you he can talk to about this. Over the internet we're not going to be able to say what is wrong or what your brother should do, however, so I would strongly encourage him to see a doctor as others have said.

Good luck <3
 
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