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Originally Posted by zobothehobo
for as long as i can remember, i've had depersonalization and derealization episodes... but i think now i may have been having them more often than i realized? because i read somewhere that an intense feeling of being trapped in your body, like your body is a cage you feel like you shouldn't be in... like your consciousness and self is so much more than your body could ever contain and your body isn't really yours because of it is a kind of depersonalization?
has anyone else experienced this as depersonalization?
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feeling you are trapped in your body can be many different things...
example people who are born one gender but feel like they are tapped in their body that they do not belong in
another example...sometimes anxiety presents this way in some people
another example sometimes medications cause a person to feel this way
another example sometimes this is also a symptom that some people have because of their paranormal situations.
another example sometimes this has to do with religious symptoms/experiences/getting the calling/ ....
another example sometimes people who use marijuana / alcohol/drugs have this reaction
another example some people who have hallucinations/delusions/ paranoia sometimes feel like they are trapped in their body's cant get out are more than what they are with in the body. this one happened to me when my medication wasnt right and when I was in the room with someone who was using marijuana.
my point is this kind of thing can be many different things...here are the new diagnostics for what america is going by for what is depersonalization/derealization disorder.
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Depersonalization/derealization Disorder 300.6 (F48.1)
A the presence of persistant or recurrent experiences of depersonalization, derealization or both:
1. Depersonalization: Experiences of unreality, detachment or being outside observer with respect to ones thoughts, feelings, sensations, body or actions (e.g perceptual alterations, distorted sense of time, unreal or absent self, emotional or physical numbing)
2. Derealization: experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings (e.g. individuals or objects are experienced as unreal dreamlike, foggy, lifeless or visually distorted)
B. During the depersonalization or derealization experiences, reality testing remains intact.
C. the symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. the disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, medication) or other medical condition. (e.g. Seizures)
E. The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder such as schizophrenia, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder or other dissociative disorder.
the DSM 5 also goes through the categories of diagnostic features, associated features supporting diagnosis, prevalence, development and course, Risk and Prognosis Factors, Cultural Related Diagnostic issues, Functional consequences of depersonalization/derealization disorder, differential diagnosis, and comorbidity.
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dissociative symptoms usually involve a feeling of being ...disconnected...from the body, a feeling of numbness, a feeling of floating out of their bodies...(not connected, not trapped, not stuck in the body feelings)
my suggestion...please do not self diagnose based on the symptom of feeling trapped in your body. you may accidentally do more harm to yourself than good if you think this may be how dissociation symptoms are presenting with in you, contact your treatment providers. they can assess where the problem is coming from, what other accompanying symptoms you may have and get you treatment so that you wont have to feel this way any more.