Three types of negative emotional and psychological reactions to ineffective treatment of depersonalization could be discerned. In many cases, the more a patient ruminates, “why do I keep failing to gain relief from depersonalization?”, the more pessimistic, disappointed and angry the patient feels. Again and again a patient goes over and thinks through the story of trying to fix her depersonalization, scrutinize all details of psychiatric consultations, effects of medication and comments of therapists. Reflection that are so typical for people with depersonalization, frequently dramatically advance to a near-obsessive analysis of the process of treatment. The signs of this distress vary from annoyance and frustration to anger and despair. In addition to struggling with feeling unreal and detached, a person suffers from distress of not being able to move toward recovery. The symptoms of depersonalization itself are aggravated by the patient’s emotional and psychological a reaction to having those treatment resistant symptoms. The third stage is characterized by complication and extension of the clinical picture. The first and second stages have been described in two previous posts. Finally a person with depersonalization has an opportunity to enter the fourth stage: living life with depersonalization at its most optimal level. Unfortunately, in many cases the second stage is not resolved by recovery, but instead followed by the third stage: distress on realization that in spite of extended, diligent (and frequently very expensive) treatment, depersonalization still persists. The second stage comes with hopes for recovery after the diagnosis of depersonalization has been made. The first stage is anxious uncertainty prior to depersonalization having been diagnosed. Stories of people with depersonalization demonstrate four stages of a relationship between a patient and his or her disease of unreality of self and world.
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If you and your child remain concerned or uncertain about what these symptoms are, contacting a physician or mental health professional is a reasonable next step.First, my most sincere thanks to all who support this blog with their notes, remarks and comments. In some cases, however, these sensations can persist for hours and even days or weeks. Derealization can last for as long as the panic attack lasts, which can range in length from a few minutes to 20 or 30 minutes.
This is a key distinction between derealization and other mental illnesses. While derealization feels very strange and unsettling, the individual does not lose touch with reality and s/he is able to recognize that their sensations are sensations versus actual events that are happening. Some teens worry these sensations might mean they have schizophrenia or are psychotic.
It may help your child feel less “crazy” if they learn that derealization is a common symptom of a panic attack, or extreme stress or anxiety, and that it is not dangerous or indicative of some underlying grave illness. Start by providing some empathy for what must be a scary experience followed by provision of information about what derealization is and is not. If your child or teen comes to you describing what appears to be derealization, it is important you remain calm and attentive to his/her experience.
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