Derealisation/depersonalisation *possibly triggering - sensitive content*

[swanningpond]

Does anybody have experience of this? Particularly with a teen girl?

Mine has it and I don't know how to help. She also has emerging BPD, attachment disorder with Autistic traits & anxiety and is medicated which seemed to have a positive effect.

She has DBT therapy twice a week but she still wants to die because of the lack of feeling and numbness. She told me she tied a noose a couple of nights ago and hung it up to try it out.

I need real advice right now as I can't call therapists til morning. She's playing on her Xbox with friends so I know she's ok right now. I will be monitoring her thoroughly.

I am frightened and unsure what to do.

I've namechanged for this post, for obv reasons.

Bumping for the night crowd

If you are keeping an eye on her and she knows that you are I'm not sure you need to more tonight.
Is she threatening self harm at present? It doesn't sound as though she is.
Have her therapists given you any other advice for high stress times?

Hi, my teen doesn’t have a diagnosis of emerging BPD but her psychiatrist mentioned it briefly in a call I had with him last week, so I have been googling like mad and scaring myself. She does experience depersonalisation and also has hallucinations - does yours? My DD said she once tied tights around her neck but didn’t make a good knot so it all fell apart. She’s taken pills a few times too. What’s scary is how unplanned these suicide attempts are - things seem to be okay at school/home/with friends and then something small upsets her and boom, she just acts on the bad feeling immediately. We’ve taken all possible precautions but you can’t watch them 24/7 or eliminate all risk so it is super scary. I hope you had a better day and managed to speak to her therapist.