Depersonalisation

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Do you have it and can you describe what it feels like?

Is there anything you do to reduce this mental health symptom?

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I’ve experienced depersonalization. When I had it I felt like I wasn’t myself. Sometimes I would just stare in the mirror and feel like the person i was looking at wasn’t me and I wasn’t in my own body. Other times I would even be afraid to look in a mirror because I felt like I was seeing a stranger. I also felt things around me were distorted. All of it felt like I was in a bad dream.

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The second part sounds like derealization. Where everything felt distorted. I had that too, but only during my psychosis times.

But depersonalisation outside of psychosis too

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Depersonalisation is a painful experience. Let me put it this way: Depersonalisation means someone is foggy outside-in whereas derealisation means someone is foggy inside-out. In the former, personality could not be seen clearly whereas in the latter, reality could not be seen clearly.

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depersonalisation for me is very stressful…its like im floating outside my mind in a bad dream…the voices get very abusive and it is like a paranoia attack

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I’m sorry to hear that

Mine doesn’t usually involve voices

Mine is horrible in its own way

I go on autopilot and don’t really feel in charge of what I’m saying it’s a soul destroyer

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I like your descriptions I can really relate

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Thank you, for your likes on a number of my posts.

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