Posted by Declan on May 9, 2007, at 16:10:52
In reply to Re: depersonalization and derealization » FredPotter, posted by Phillipa on May 9, 2007, at 15:51:50
I've spent big sections of my life in a state of (what I call) depersonalisation. For me it is often tied up with engulfment.
By which I mean that I feel that I lose freedom of action, forget *me* really, and lapse into some automatic type state where all I want to do is please the other person.
The only way out of this state that came to mind was to try doing the opposite of what I felt in the hope that it might be more appropriate.
The subjective feeling was a bit like looking at myself from the outside, or being under water.
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