Posted by Intrepid on May 9, 2007, at 21:56:16
In reply to depersonalization and derealization, posted by FredPotter on May 9, 2007, at 15:48:56
> Is this a big issue for many of you, as it is for me? My first panic attack was attached to the dreaded feeling of derealization.
I experienced this to a huge degree during the time I was functionally sidelined with horrible panic attacks (like there are good ones?). The feelings, sensations and preceptions were very scary and confusing. It did indeed feel as if I was going over the abyss of sanity. As things improved for me and the panic frequency lessened, the intensity lessened to a milder freezing up feeling accompanied by feeling I wasn't "me". Very strange, very scary and very difficult to describe in a way that makes sense or is understandable to others.
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