Difference between DR and DP?
I've had anxiety for a little over 6 months now and for the past week or so i've been feeling like i've been dreaming, i'm not real and nothing is, i often pintch myself to see if i'm dreaming, i did some research about this and i got results about derealization and deperasonalization and i dont unsderstand either of them, i know that derealization is a side affect of have anxiety i just dont understand why or how? I have a doctors appointment in the next few days just wanted some tips and maybe a helping hand?
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Derealization is your feeling that the world outside yourself is not real. Depersonalization is your feeling that you are not real. They are closely linked so I added an explanation from WIKI below and the link so you can read greater detail.
Derealization is a subjective experience of unreality of the outside world, while depersonalization is unreality in one's sense of self. Although most authors currently regard derealization (surroundings) and depersonalization (self) as independent constructs, many do not want to separate derealization from depersonalization. The main reason for this is because these symptoms often co-occur, but there is another, more philosophical reason: the idea that the phenomenological experience of self, others, and world is one continuous whole. Thus, feelings of unreality may blend in and the person may puzzle over deciding whether it is the self or the world that feels unreal to them.