Like the title says, any tips for coping with experiencing more significant depersonalization and derealization? Grounding is like chasing something that keeps getting yanked away from my grasp. Music is helping but equally making everything feel more movie/cinema like. Any experiences or ideas welcomed!
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Try textures. My therapist got me to explore some and it's the only one that works without noticeable downsides.
Yo omg recommendations? My autism loves textures I usually rub my drug rug hoodie to ground myself in public.
Personally hard, defined textures (not super smooth) give a sense of stability. My phone case has textures for friction on the power button so I like that. Also the rough edges of the handle of my water bottle. I like knitted fabric but that's not feasible to wear in my country's perpetual heat. You can try a few different things, my therapist made me try a few different things and it was helpful to find what felt best.
One of our littles found these stickers with raised diamonds on them, I should put one on my phone case!
Definitely don't stop yourself from trying anything that may work :)