Online Peer Support
Are you experiencing symptoms of Depersonalisation and Derealisation? Would you like to be able to share your experiences with other people who understand what you are going through?
What is Online Peer Support?
Our Online Peer Support group is an opportunity for you to connect with other people with Depersonalisation and Derealisation Disorder and to share experiences. Peer support is when people share their own experiences to help one another. Our Peer Support sessions aim to:
bring together people with shared experiences to support each other
provide a safe space where you feel seen and understood
treat everyone's experiences as being equally valid and important
create an environment where you can give and receive support
The sessions take place via Zoom and they are facilitated by volunteers from our team. Each session has a theme and you’ll be encouraged to share your thoughts and experiences related to that theme. Please note: you will need a good, stable internet connection to participate in Unreal Peer Support. If your connection drops out and Zoom disconnects you from the call during the introductions, the team will endeavour to readmit you - but once the breakout rooms are open, we will be unable to readmit anybody who leaves the session for any reason.
How to book your place
Our Online Peer Support sessions are limited to 20 people at a time. This is to ensure that everyone who attends the session has an opportunity to participate. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. For the best chance of joining a session, please make sure that you are subscribed to our mailing list. You can do this by clicking the button below. We’ll send out an email with the booking link 2 days before each session.
FAQs
For more information on our Online Peer Support Sessions, you can read our FAQs.
Watch: Unreal Trustee Joe Perkins talks about our Peer Support Sessions
Here’s what some of our Peer Support attendees had to say about their experience:
“I cannot stress enough how positive and important an experience this was for me. Finally, I had the chance to speak and listen in a forum of people who understand this condition. It was well facilitated and ... everyone was so friendly and understanding. Just to see those nodding heads when I spoke was a very powerful thing.”
“The support group has been such a lifeline. I had never met anyone else with Depersonalisation and Derealisation Disorder before and I was nervous at first but just meeting other people that knew how I feel was so comforting.”
“Brilliant!”
Want to know more? Click here to read our Online Peer Support FAQs.