Other causes for dissociation?

Postby yellowgreen5 » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:53 pm

For almost 5 months now, I have felt what I now know to be depersonalization and derealization. I understand that this is caused by anxiety and panic attacks. However, the more information I gain on anxiety, the less I think that's what actually going on with me. A couple of nights when I've stayed up late, I feel myself getting really scared. However, I have never thought I was going to have a heart attack, and usually I'm not scared of actually dying or death. I feel more scared of... fear itself, if that makes sense? And also, it feels someone moved everything around me in the wrong place, like someones messing with me. I always feel like someone is in my house and watching me and laughing at me because I'm afriad. I also have a huge fear of windows and clear doors, again like, someone is watching me. I always feel weird if I'm not fully clothed (in long pants and a sweatshirt) or if I stand in an open place. Maybe it's paranoia? But anyways, I was wondering if anxiety is the only thing that causes dissociation. Because I always feel like I'm not real, and dead, and invisable so people don't even notice I'm there, but I rarely feel "anxious" and when I do it's not of heart attacks/death. I'd be very thankful if anyone knew anything..
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Postby Michael Lank » Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:17 pm

Hi t0rpidparadise,

You say that you're feeling very dissociated and that you feel yourself getting really scared and have a fear of fear itself and that you have a fear of some things such as windows and clear doors. The feelings that you describe are what many people would describe as anxiety - worrying about things that haven't happened.

The ability to prepare for future unknown possibilites is generally a helpful thing unless it invades our everyday functioning and actually hinders the thing that it's meant to help.

Whether what you're experiencing is due to anxiety or not, the fact is that the feelings that you have are unwelcome and you'd like to be free of them and to feel calmer and more relaxed in those situations.
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