Do You Feel Disconnected From Reality? This Might Be Why

There it is again, that funny feeling. What exactly is Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder? How does it change your world?
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What Is Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder?
Have you ever felt like you were living in a dream? Or like your surroundings seemed artificial? Or like objects were distorted in terms of their distance, size, and shape? If so, you may have been experiencing an episode of derealization, or maybe you’ve felt like an outside observer of your own body and thoughts. Or not in control of your speech. Or like your arms and legs were too big or too small. These are symptoms of depersonalization.

Together, they make up the components of depersonalization-derealization disorder., This falls into the family of dissociative disorders, where there is a disruption or a breakdown of awareness, consciousness, or memory. With derealization, the disconnection is with your environment, while with depersonalization, the disconnection is with your thoughts or body. But a key aspect of this disorder is that you know these feelings of detachment aren’t real, which is what separates it from psychosis. Passing episodes of derealization or depersonalization are pretty common. A 2001 study found that in just one year, 19% of the 1000 participants had experienced an episode of depersonalization and 14% experienced an episode of derealization.

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Sources for this video on Derealization / Depersonalization Disorder:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/dis....eases-conditions/dep
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC42044
https://www.therecoveryvillage.....com/mental-health/d
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https://link.springer.com/cont....ent/pdf/10.1007/s001
https://www.therecoveryvillage.....com/mental-health/ddepersonalization-disorder-statistics/
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16010029?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/abs/

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