Thanks for this wonderful interview Lauren. I am also in recovery (my dpdr was triggered as part of long covid - but I am shedding all these labels slowly). It's been 3 years and most days I do not notice the dpdr anymore (sometimes slight visual issues) , and I go on with my day normally. I socialise, work etc. I will continue to focus on my healing and know that it will all come

I rewatch this all the time, can't tell you how much it has helped! And now I'm doing so well!! :))

i have fully recovered!!! thanks for giving me hope Robin

thank you for this! i’ve had chronic dpdr for 4 years now and i truly hope i can heal like you ❤

This is an amazingggg series. Lauren, you literally described everything I've been going through to a teeee. I can't tell you how helpful and healing watching this is, gives me so much hope!

Thank you so much for sharing Lauren. I could understand everything you said - especially about the racing thoughts etc. And also how hard it is to describe what you are experiencing. Me, as someone who went through something similar, could relate a lot. I'm so glad to see that you are doing way better now! 🤗 I'm not trough the whole interview by now but I'm curious about how you found your way back to peaceful. I really enjoy this series Robin! I think it's a great idea - I think it would be very interesting to hear from someone who had it for years and recoverd? Looking forward to what's about to come! 🙌🏼

Excellent conversation and so helpful. Thank you both for sharing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This video is so so beautiful !!!! Congrats on your recovery lauren ❤❤ i hope i recover soon and get back to my old self again

Wow, thank you Lauren and Robin for this conversation. That's given me so much hope! I have a similar story with drug / alcohol misuse and partying as a way of distracting from my feelings. Sober now but still struggling with the dissociation and adapting to a sober life seems to have heightened anxiety. And YES to the butterflies! I have been seeing multiple white butterflies every day for the last 6 weeks or so since starting to struggle with DPDR and intense anxiety. I hadn't thought of them of positive signs of my healing until hearing this conversation, but had thought of them as angel messages from loved ones who have passed over. Can't explain how helpful this convo has been thank you both, and might even get a butterfly tattoo myself now LOL

Thanks for sharing your story Lauren. I especially related to the part you said about time passing, that's been challenging for me but getting easier. Also your advice about leaning into the process of feeling everything you are frightened of is so true. Just really appreciate you sharing your recovery story with us.

A beautiful hour of discussion. 🙏

I can totally sympathy with the time passing thing. I am currently suffering another bout of extreme anxiety and depression due to a fixation with my own mortality and time passing. I ended up in a mental hospital for 2 weeks and am now back on ssri. Its still torture every day but I hope the ssri will kick in soon (7 weeks on) to give me a fighting chance. The anxiety is just so debilitating. Good luck to anyone going through it.

these videos are so important

I cry with Lauren because i'm in the difficult part of this process, i'm really struggling but seeing her recovery is so beautiful to me and i hope i Will feel that way too.

I will never stop thanking you for being such a huge part of my recovery. Genuinely never would've made it without you, you're an angel

What a beautiful story! Lauren, did you ever have any physical symptoms with your DPDR, like tinnitus/headache/..? I wonder if I might have some sort of brain damage.

Great video, can I ask Lauren a question? Thanks

Hi Robin (and Lauren, if you see this) thank you so much for this!! I have recovered from DPDR before, but now it is back with a vengeance. I relate 100% to how Lauren is feeling 🥹😭😭 Is acceptance and surrender really the way to go about treating this? What about healing the body from within, so to speak? Like trying to keep the body relaxed in the longterm, and avouding stress building up (since built-up stress and anxiety can trigger DPDR too)? Just a bit confused on WHERE to start!

Setbacks keep me in this loop. They’re so disheartening, after feeling like myself then that whoosh of fear hits out of nowhere. It’s just so frustrating, it pisses me off. If I was younger I could be more patient.

Do u have tips 4 people who are scared of the „awakening“ ? I watched so much videos about it and I listended to ghurus and stuff like that and i cant understand (facing death and more things….) Thx for your Videos !! 🧡 Sorry for my english:D

Watching this in a butterfly print singlet!!!

Can I have a session with you I'm from south Africa

Is fatigue and sleepiness part of anxiety and dpdr?

Any idea why I feel like I need to live my life in front of a mirror ? & me thinking i don’t know what I look like? 😔

my english is probably worse than i thought 😁 i understand her every fifth word 😁

Please help me