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Mar 13, 2023 at 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cool09
My therapist read to me about depersonalization (out of DSM) and there are many similarities to schizophrenia. That depressed me. My Dr. 30 years ago told me I had schizophrenic symptoms but that I wasn't schizophrenic. Those thoughts haunt me.
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I have a dissociative disorder (derealization, very much like depersonalization) and some form of DID. I do not have schizophrenia. Depersonalization can occur in schiz. but what it truly is, is a symptom of severe anxiety. Anyone with any mental illness can have it or a person may have depersonalization as their only symptom of a mental health issue.
The belief that depersonalization is always a symptom of schizophrenia is so outdated. 30 years ago is a long time. Diagnostic criteria has changed so much since then. I have noticed so many changes.
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