How do you deal with existentialism, desrealization ?

This derealization / depersonalization seems to happen to quite a few meditators. When it happend to me I stopped meditating and came back to my old state of self after a month of intense suffering. Others have pushed through it and came to streamentry.

This topic was recently discussed in this thread. Lots of encouraging words and advice here.

Also worth mentioning: Shinzen Young has some solid advice on this phenomena and how to get out quickly. He calls it "falling into the pit of the void" or "enlightenments evil twin". Check out his videos on YouTube.

I also would love to hear how this thing turned out for u/polemath who suffered from something similar (see thread above),

/r/TheMindIlluminated Thread