Disassociation (Depersonalization and Derealization)

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I feel both of these way too often. It is kind of scary, I feel like I am not sure of who I am, or where I am, or what I am doing. I just feel detached from myself, and my surroundings. It's like at times I will "wake up" and be confused as to how I got to this point in time. I also feel completely detached from my name. Whenever I hear people say it I cringe, because I don't associate myself with it and it just feels wrong. Glad to see I'm not the only one dealing with depersonalization/derealization.

Both can be done voluntarily, through meditation. They are not scary unless you don't know what's happening and/or can't control it.

Dissociation can be intrusive and involuntary if you have learned to use it to mentally get away from very unpleasant circumstances, and then kept up the habit of it after you no longer needed it. If that's the case you may dissociate when you're stressed out. There are a bunch of techniques to get yourself out of it, collectively called "grounding", which just means shifting your focus back to your environment and physical self.

Yup, I had bad depersonalization and derealization every f*****g day 24/7 for 1.5 years. I have Asperger's and schizophrenia, supposedly. I got it after the worst drug trip one could have...

20 mg of Abilify, 15 mg 3x Buspar, and 120 mg Cymbalta seemed to help it. LOL

Dissociation in a way? Dissociating from one's environment? I have done that....

Experienced it big time when I was 17 and about to graduate from high school. It lasted for several weeks & was rather scary stuff since I didn't know what was going on at the time. Completely stress/anxiety induced, it passed. I don't think I've experienced it since. If I have, it's been minor & short lived.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I used depersonalization to endure a stressful job by imagining that the real me was somewhere safe and a robot was in my place. Sometimes when I am stressed I imagine I can hear the servos....

It sometimes is an escape mechanism/defense i think for me that kicks in automatically if i am in a stressful situation, it has been helpful so i am thankful for it..

it seems like a lot of autistics have derealization. my doctors think i have schizophrenia because i have derealization/cotards delusion/jamais vu.

Sorry to resurrection a sleeping thread but I have noticed this certainly in myself throughout my life.

I generally never have had significant meltdown issues but I think this (derealization) is what takes it's place - as a sort of coping mechanism for sensory overload. It can be a PITA on occasion.

Anyone else like that?

Omg yes, i have and am still struggling with derealization. It's getting alot better, but at one point I almost went psychotic because of it. It's absolutely the worst feeling ever.

No, not since I stopped taking antidepressants and certainly not before I started taking them.

I always feel like odd little ol' me even I am not always sure a life so lonely is worth sticking around for sometimes (ie despite my depression).

I only ever really experienced it severely when I was 17 and finishing high school and scared as F about just what exactly I was going to do next. Otherwise it's been very very mild occurrences here and there over the years.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I experience derealization. The first time was before i was sometime before I was 10. (Not sure he exact age) but I remember the first time it happened, I was in the car with my mom, looking out the window, and I felt like everything was fake . I actually wondered if everything was someone else's dream, but I decided that wasn't logical.