Five Reasons For Depersonalization

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Depersonalization means a feeling of loss of one's own personality, it is often combined with derealization, a sense of alienation from the environment. But about derealization later)

A person develops an altered perception of his own personality, which is a symptom of a psychopathological syndrome.

In terms of psychotherapeutic work, this is one of the most difficult disorders.

There are five main reasons for depersonalization

The first reason. The hardest part is a mental disorder. Depersonalization manifests itself in various forms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder in its depressive phase. It can be one of the symptoms of a developing psychopathological condition.

The second reason, this is a stressful situation. It so happens that depersonalization is provoked by intense mental or intellectual work without rest, any information overload, protracted interpersonal conflicts.

Third reason, traumatic situations that a person has experienced recently. Depersonalization symptoms can also appear in mentally healthy people as a reaction to the experience of trauma, but they pass quickly enough, after a short time.

Fourth reason … The use of psychotropic drugs. Depersonalization can manifest itself as a side effect after taking psychotropics.

Fifth reason, drug addiction - symptoms of depersonalization, can be caused by the use of narcotic and other psychoactive substances, including marijuana.

In my psychotherapeutic practice, there were quite a few such examples when, after using any psychoactive substance, a person developed depersonalization and he turned to a psychologist with a request to check him for normality).

As a result, I want to say a few words about the fact that depersonalization is essentially a defense mechanism that tries to protect us in various traumatic situations, intoxication or stress-related severe mental disorders.

In my practice, from the general characteristics, such symptoms are most often found in people with anxious and suspicious character.

In the following articles I will talk about its types and psychotherapy.

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