[BreakFree]

Lately I've been getting these random bursts of feeling unreal or like things that are happening/have happened were just a dream. I know it probably doesn't make sense. I don't have a depersonalization disorder but I didn't really know where to make a post like this. Sometimes I just feel as if I am not a real person, and the people and my surroundings aren't real and everything seems unfamiliar sometimes. I usually have these feelings in times of distress when I'm feeling anxious or overwhelmed or sad about something. Can anyone relate to this or maybe help derive what I am feeling?

[flockpride]

I can totally relate. That sort of thing has been going on my whole life. I have tried to cope by learning about different philosophies and religions, that is to say, explanations of existence. In reality, I have a dissociative disorder--the elegant explanation! Hang in there. Do you have a good therapist or counselor? Are you in therapy or treatment?

[winter4me]

Relate, oh yes. I think it is a protective mechanism...sometimes I have no idea what against; sometimes, later, I think I "get it".

[BreakFree]

Originally Posted by flockpride

I can totally relate. That sort of thing has been going on my whole life. I have tried to cope by learning about different philosophies and religions, that is to say, explanations of existence. In reality, I have a dissociative disorder--the elegant explanation! Hang in there. Do you have a good therapist or counselor? Are you in therapy or treatment?

Yeah, I have a psychiatrist I see regularly.

[amandalouise]

sometimes my medications make me feel this way. when that happens my treatment providers do not call it depersonalization either because of the new standards in the DSM 5, medication causes have to now be ruled out.

suggestion if you are on medications like welbutrin or other antidepressants, anti anxiety, antic psychotics, benzo's and others like these maybe you can talk with your treatment providers, they can adjust/change your meds so that you dont have this side effect any more. it really helped to stabilize this problem for me when my meds were adjusted/changed.

[*PeaceLily*]

I have this too. I have it all the time, but it is more extreme when I am triggered. I do think it is the brain's coping mechanism.

xx