Depersonalization/derealization disorder
Published on May 09, 2019
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Depersonalization/derealization disorder
A disorder that takes you out of your mind.
History about Depersonalization/derealization
- Depersonalization was attained from the use in Amiel’s Journal intime. It was first used in a technical sense by Ludovic Dugas. The new disorder was explained as resulting from pathological changes in the memory, affect, sensory system, body image and self-experience. Depersonalization has recently been subsumed under the dissociative disorders.
History about Depersonalization/derealization
- Before, it was never DPDR. Recently, it was officially combined with derealization disorder because people often feel symptoms at the same time from both of those disorders.
- “Before the term was coined in 1898, and under a variety of names, behaviors typical of ‘depersonalization’ were reported by Esquirol, Zeller, Billod, and Griesinger.” from Sierra M.
Who does this disorder affect?
- This disorder only affects about 1-2% of the population. Depersonalization mostly affects those who had a traumatic event during their childhood. DPDR can affect anyone at any age. It has nothing to do with head injuries or underlying health conditions.
How this disorder affects the nervous system
- It is thought that DPDR is a mental/emotional defensive strategy that is employed unconsciously to manage unmanageable emotions by shutting down from them. The result of this is that emotions and perceptions are blunted, leading to a feeling of detachment and numbness, of not being fully alive or real, and as if participating in the world at a distance.
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- Nearologically, it may involve an imbalance in brain chemicals
Symptoms of this disorder and who it affects
- “The core symptoms of depersonalization-derealization disorder is the subjective experience of “unreality in one’s self”, or detachment from one’s surroundings.” wikipedia.
Symptoms of this disorder and who it affects
- Depersonalization mostly affects people who have had a traumatic childhood, or who have smoked marijuana for the first time, but rarely. Depersonalization can make someone feel detached from their body, lose feeling in parts of their body, can see distorted views of their body, unable to recognize their body image in a mirror, a feeling of detachment from their emotions, they can feel like they are
Symptoms of this disorder and who it affects
- watching themselves like a movie, a feeling like who you are as a whole is unreal. A feeling of derealization is; a feeling like a normal environment is unfamiliar, a feeling of what is happening is unreal, feeling detached from the world, or reality, a perception of objects changing shape, color, and size, and a feeling that people you know are strangers.
Symptoms of this disorder and who it affects
- "The general consensus is that DPD occurs when the brain attempts to protect itself from overwhelming emotion by turning the volume up on thoughts and down on feelings: in very broad and very basic terms, it involves over thinking and under-feeling, and this has been borne out by the latest neuroscience.” Carolyn Spring
Symptoms of this disorder and who it affects
- People that are diagnosed with DPDR experience an urge to question reality and the existence of everything, including themselves. People who experience depersonalization-derealization can feel detached from themselves, their body sensations, feelings, emotions and behaviors as not being themselves.
Treatments
- There is no founded medicine or practice that can completely rid of DPDR, but because depression is a common part of this disorder, Antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), are commonly used to help calm down co-occurring conditions. There is no way to avoid getting this disorder.
Interesting facts about DPDR
- People who experience depersonalization may experience other dissociations such as depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobic disorder, post-dramatic stress disorder (PTSD), and migraines.
Interesting facts about DPDR
- This response is automatic and intended to promote survival in the face of life-endangering threat. The brain adjusts its normal set of priorities. It numbs the emotions. It makes sure that we are not overwhelmed by them, and it heightens mental activity. This allows us to act rationally rather than emotionally in the face of serious threat by distress and with super-charged mental alertness.
