Sep 30, 2007
Depersonalization
Depersonalization is an alteration in the perception or experience of the self so that one feels detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one’s mental processes or body. It can be desirable, such as in the use of recreational drugs, but it is usually referring to the severe form found in anxiety and in the most intense case, panic attacks. It is most often described as a symptom of emotions, such as panic or fear. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real — it is vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance. It can sometimes be a rather disturbing experience, since many feel that indeed, they are living in a “dream.”
Isn’t this something everyone, in some degree, gets at one time or other? Momentary loss of the sense of self happens to me sometimes when I look in the mirror - suddenly, I find it strange that I know it’s me in the mirror, because it doesn’t feel that way. Luckily, it doesn’t make me anxious, and it isn’t regular. Via Too Much Nick.
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