My Support Forums - View Single Post - dissociative disorders check in thread #4

Fuzzybear · Apr 01, 2023 at 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by *Beth*

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The belief that depersonalization is always a symptom of schizophrenia is so outdated. 30 years ago is a long time.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.