

I (17F) have been dissociated for almost a month now. I used to dissociate about once a month around my period, because of a condition called PMDD(pre mensural dysphoric syndrome), but now it’s constant and has gone up 10 fold. I feel like I’m in a dream and nothing is real. I go from thinking that I’m the only one alive and everyone else isn’t real to thinking all of my past memories are fake and I’m not real. I’ve seen my therapist but she said due to my current heightened stress and anxiety and new birth control pill (the symptoms started before I started taking it) and a few other factors , she can’t determine what’s wrong yet. I’ve tried about every grounding technique in the book but nothing works aside form exercise, but as soon as I stop my dissociation gets worse. I have a drs appt in two weeks but they’re probably gunna refer me. I feel like giving up. This is effecting my relationship with my BF and my mom who has been helping me. Sometimes I feel like I need to fight through this for them but most of the time I don’t think anything matters because nothing is real. Any recommendations at all to help would be appreciated.