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When depersonalization makes life feel unreal

I feel like I am watching my life from outside myself and nothing feels real anymore and I am scared I will never feel connected to anything again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Dissociative states can arise as protection from overwhelming existential anxiety but create their own form of suffering through disconnection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Existential psychology — meaning death freedom?”

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