![]() The feelings of Depersonalization make you concentrate on every little action, so much so that you're unable to go about your day as you normally would. Of course not! Your movements and thoughts are still 100% your own. Will the Depersonalization ever cause you to do something that you don't want to do? ![]() This is a totally abstract feeling, is nothing to worry about and has no actual bearing on your actions in the real world. It's only when they last longer than they should that you start to think 'I'm not real / My hands aren't mine / I'm a robot' etc etc. You look at your hands, your body and wonder why you feel so distant from yourself.Īgain, the feelings of DP are a natural defense system. There's no danger around, nothing threatening you anymore. But what if you had this feeling in your day-today life? Your brain sees that it's in a traumatic situation, switches on Depersonalization, and instead of being incapacitated with fear, you calmly do what you need to. It's the reason that so many people walk out of car crashes and house fires with hardly any recollection of how they did it. It's your brain's reaction to a traumatic situation. This is simply your brain trying to make sense of the feelings of Depersonalization.Īs I've said, DP is meant to be temporary. Like you're watching somebody else use them. You might also feel like your arms, hand, legs are not your own. Your movements and interactions are not your own. The feeling that you're a robot, and that you're watching yourself go about your life. It's not permanent and it can't hurt you! It's a scary experience for sure, but regardless of how long it lasts, the feeling of being cut off from reality is still a natural symptom of anxiety. It turns into a feedback loop which makes the Depersonalization symptoms persist for days, weeks, months. Those worries make the anxiety worse, which makes the DP worse. It's only when you focus on it and start to worry that you're 'going crazy' or 'don't feel real' that it lasts longer than it should. And it's extremely common (up to 75% of adults will experience Depersonalization in their lifetime).įor most of these people it fades away in a few minutes, which is what it's meant to do. ![]() It's triggered by perceived trauma (house fire, car accident, panic attack, bad drug experience). It's your brain's natural defense system, reacting to what it perceives to be danger (even if none is present). Depersonalization is perfectly natural and extremely common. This feeling is not because of any permanent change. This can make you feel like you're living in a dream, that you're high and can't come down, that you don't feel real. That’s why Depersonalization so often seems as if there’s a ‘pane of glass’ between the sufferer and the rest of the world. When you go through a traumatic experience (car crash / panic attack / bad drug trip etc), your mind pulls back from the experience, because it simply seems too scary. The most common of all Depersonalization symptoms is the feeling that there's a barrier, or a pane of glass between you and reality. ![]()
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