413: Can Anxiety Show Up As Depersonalization Listener Q and A
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Gina responds to a listener question about anxiety manifesting as depersonalization (the feeling of not being your self or not being in your own body or of only floating along side your body). Gina describes how anxiety can cause depersonalization and offers a number of tips that you can use to help yourself through the experience.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches |
| 0:09.3 | Coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore anxiety, panic and PTSD sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:22.0 | Oh, Loh how welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. |
| 0:27.0 | On today's episode, we'll be answering a question from one of our listeners. This was a question that was sent in on our |
| 0:35.3 | Speak Pipe which is on our home page on our website the Anxietycoaches Podcast.com. |
| 0:42.4 | If you would like to leave a question you have Anxiety Coaches Podcasts.com. |
| 0:42.5 | If you would like to leave a question, |
| 0:44.6 | you have 90 seconds to leave a question |
| 0:47.4 | that we could actually play on the show, |
| 0:50.4 | or you could just use the Speak Pipe to send us a message if you have a question or a comment. |
| 0:56.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:58.0 | So today's listener question is about depersonalization and this is a tough one and not everybody with anxiety |
| 1:06.5 | will experience this but when you do it's quite off-putting and so we'll let the listener speak it in her own words. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi Gina, I'm wondering if you have any information on the sensation of depersonalization connect with anxiety |
| 1:28.8 | and panic disorder. |
| 1:31.1 | It's a very disturbing feeling. I've had two bouts of it in my life. Once was 20 years ago and it lasted a few months. |
| 1:40.0 | And I'm having another one now and I just wondering if you have any comforting |
| 1:46.6 | advice or information on how to deal with it. I know it's accepting it and letting time pass, but that's difficult. How do you |
| 1:57.0 | do that? |
| 1:59.4 | Thank you so much for sending that question in. |
| 2:03.0 | Like I said, this is not something that everyone with anxiety will experience, |
| 2:08.0 | but when you do experience it, it is quite off-putting |
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