YoSix months have passed. You still don’t like episodes, but you feel sure enough to feel curious. “I have to admit that it is interesting. I mean, why does my brain do this? DESREALIZATION AND DECERSONALIZATION: perceived madness – exploring. Let’s do some.
The mind may be saying: ‘UM, which is overloaded a little here. Then, to save a ton of aggravation, I will turn the switch in a filter. Hold on, we will be fine.
Undoubtedly, derealization and depersonalization can be mega-casuals.
But as so many symptoms of emotional and mental diseases, education, hard work and wonders of time work.
By the way, have you had episodes?
Introduction
Two weeks have passed since we started this series of three parts about derealization and depersonalization (DD). Actually, it is an update of the original series, written 14 years ago.
The first part presents general information of interesting DD, the second part is largely the causes, and we will satisfy some curiosities, we will explore and reach some management tips here in the third part
In case you don’t know: DD is usually dissociative Symptoms of other conditions. However, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Review (DSM-5-TR) It has a diagnostic code for depersonalization/derealization disorder.
Let’s look for it …
Dr. vs Ramachandran in derealization and depersonalization
Dr. vs Ramachandran
When I was exploring my DD and thinking about going to the postgraduate school, the work of the neuroscientist against Ramachandran, PhD caught my attention
In his book A brief tour of human consciousness: from the impostor’s caniche to purple numbersHe established the table for his thoughts on DD by mentioning two interesting neurological disorders.
And please do not catastrophules so you think you don’t either. They are rare.
Gap Syndrome (Delusion) and Cotard Syndrome (Delusion)
Gap Syndrome (Illusion) It is characterized by the patient convinced that a relative or close friend is an impostor. The patient has no problem understanding the familiarity of appearance and behavior; However, the relational meaning is not there, and they are fully aware of disconnection.
Cotard syndrome (illusion) It is characterized by the patient believing that he has lost everything, even parts of his body, and believes that they can be dead, and are walking like a corpse.
Ramachandran suggests that DD can be caused by the same altered brain circuits that generates gaps and cotard, even to the point of referring to DD as «Mini-Card’s. «
The two alternatives
Before a potentially deadly emergency, a piece of anatomy in the frontal lobe of the brain, the previous cingulated cortex (Also involved in physical pain processing) becomes active.
Its subsequent action attracts reins in the brain fear circuits. As a result, disabled phenomena such as fear and anxiety remain on the road.
But it does not stop there, since the previous cingulate then increases the alert state in case we need to defend ourselves.
Well, the conclusion is that we have left in this emotionally empty and hypervigilant state.
Ramachandran proposes that we have only two alternatives to explain what happened: «The world is simply not real,» presenting derealization, and «I am not real», presenting depersonalization.
Our mind, our protector
I find all this really very fascinating, especially when it is considered that something that feels so scary and has the potential to cause such an important dysfunction, it can actually be the natural form of the mind of protecting itself and its assigned human.
The mind may be saying: «UM, overloading a little here. So, to save us a ton of aggravation, I will turn the switch into a filter. Watch, we will be fine.»
«Don’t worry, everything is going well, I’m a powerful mind.»
For me, assigning a personality, so to speak, to the mind it gives its distressing phenomena a softness and kindness, which makes them seem much less threatening.
I mean, it is as if this life was, feeling, protecting the being with which we can communicate. And it is a reciprocal relationship based on mutual respect.
I really believe that it is, and it is my opinion that the only thing that prevents us from realizing its maximum bidirectional potential is to overcome our erroneous interpretations and exaggerated reactions to its natural protection mechanisms.
Yes, as soon as we feel the beginning of sensations such as DD and alarms sound, we think of our way to exaggerated and inappropriate reactions. And that is what the entire Hubbub causes, not the perceptual alterations itself.
How to handle derealization and depersonalization
Well, then, what are we going to do to deal with DD immediately and avoid return visits?
In the first place, we will accept DD for what they are: No Capras, Cotard’s or any other disorder (I have heard them all).
And then we will make the underlying causes of our DD the objective of our intervention: anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, excess stress, trauma, migraines, substances, etc. In this context, DD are symptoms, not independent diagnostic entities.
During an episode, we will stay fresh, we know that our mind is protecting us, understands that we are not going crazy and is not a permanent arrangement. And always, always, always, we will continue advancing.
Another note. There are medications that can provide some assistance: antidepressants, mood stabilizers, benzodiazepines, atypical antipsychotics.
I leave that to you and your prescriber.
The healthy we will feel
Then that will do that for the series. And I believe that a very important series is, because desertation and depersonalization, so often misunderstood, can hargged in our lives.
Surely, the more information we absorb and apply, the healthier we will feel.
Once again, a lot of useful general information of DD in the first part and these are causes in the second part.
In addition to finding it on YouTube and web searches, see Dr. Ramachandran Books. It is an interesting guy.
If you are prepared to obtain information and read the disease and even more emotional and mental inspiration, examine the titles on the articles page or by category below.
Image of Dr. Ramachandran: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0No changes are made, originating Biseup ganguly.
After a battle of decades with panic, generalized anxiety, fluctuating moods and alcohol dependence; Bill finally found the passion and work of his life, which gives a hand to those on the same ship. At 49 he arrived at the postgraduate school and obtained his advisory credentials. And continue your service through Chipur and other projects.
