Think about it - If you figured out that discussing and researching your condition was a huge factor in prolonging it (as it is with DP and all anxiety-spectrum conditions), you’d avoid it like the plague. Why is that? Because the people who recover are not on forums. They’re on websites, they’re in forums - but not nearly as much. We'll get to that in a minute, but first, let me respond by saying that the Depersonalisation recovery stories are also out there. They haven't recovered and they probably never will." That means that if you can reduce the anxiety (which you can!) you can reduce and stop the Depersonalization completely, and all the fears that go with it.īut you might argue, "I've seen so many people on forums who have had DP for years, decades even. So the Depersonalization itself - AND the fear that's incurable - are both 100% caused by anxiety.
So when you think about DP, it’s not surprising that one of the most basic fears about the condition is that Depersonalization recovery is not possible.ĭoesn't that make perfect sense? In fact, it would be surprising if you didn't have that fear! or "I'm in a dream I can't wake up from" etc etc.Ī natural part of any anxiety-based condition is the fear that it’s incurable. The problem is that if the feelings of Depersonalization and 'fight or flight' happen when you're sitting at home, smoking weed, that's a very different situation.Īll of a sudden you have these intense feelings of panic, fear and of being disconnected from your body. Their body and brain go into 'fight or flight' mode in order to get them safely back to their cave! In evolutionary terms, this is the same thing as your ancient ancestors seeing a wild animal in the forest. This is why so many people report walking calmly out of car accidents or burning houses calmly, or with no recollection of the incident at all. This basically means that when you're faced with danger, you don't curl up into a ball and cry! Your brain makes you feel disconnected from the danger so that you can remove yourself from the situation. This means that your pupils are dilated, your hearing is more sensitized, your heartrate increases.ī: In order to get you out of the dangerous situation, your brain 'pulls you away' from the danger. This has two results:Ī: Your body goes on high alert. Your brain thinks it's in danger, so in order to deal with the perceived trauma, it kicks in with 'fight or flight' response. That may be from violence, a car crash, a panic attack, a bad experience from smoking weed etc. The feelings of detachment, the strange fear, the anxious thoughts - all of it is caused by anxiety.ĭepersonalization is your brain's natural response to trauma. That's not just me saying it - it's what all the scientific and anecdotal information says too. Firstly, so much of the fear about Depersonalization being a permanent condition can be put to bed by understanding a simple fact:ĭepersonalization is an anxiety-spectrum condition.
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