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Prolonged anxiety,plz help
It started from 2021, I started to feel a bit less motivated and stuff, then in May 2021, I was watching TV and weirdly a switch turned off and I started to feel very anxious, now it's been 5 years and started to live with it, anxiety, feeling demotivated, hopeless, and maybe with depersonalisation, I got some medicines here and there and now I am under proper medication from April,but that depersonalisation and restlessness is still there,if I try meditation, I start to get snake dreams with very ancient snakes and shivlings I tell you I have been getting these dreams for 5 years, and for some reason I am really drawn towards past, and since July 2025 I got bdd as well regarding my face shape and it's more painful, it has to do with my personality as well , I am happy if I get attention and if not I start feeling sad, and I am very competitive, I have to change my personality and not care about physical beauty much ,plz help me I beg you, I am in so much pain!!🙏🙏😭
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I’m really sorry you’re going through this. What you describe sounds like chronic anxiety with depersonalisation/derealisation, depressive symptoms, and emerging body dysmorphic thoughts—all of which are treatable, even if they’ve lasted years.
Key points (short):
• Depersonalisation, restlessness, strange dreams → common in long-standing anxiety.
• BDD thoughts and attention-seeking distress → anxiety + low self-worth, not a personality flaw.
• Medication often needs time, dose adjustment, or change; April to now may still be early.
• CBT (especially for DP/DR and BDD) is essential along with medication.
• Meditation can worsen DP initially—this is normal, not dangerous.
You are not broken, and you don’t need to change your personality to heal. Please continue regular psychiatric follow-up and start structured therapy. Relief is possible.
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