Hey what's up guys Drew here that anxiety guy dot com let's talk about depersonalization

this is part two in my little two-part series on dissociative states last time we

talked about derealization today Today we're going to talk

about de-personalization. You may be watching on YouTube or listening as a

podcast. Yes, I am in my car driving. Yes, it sounds funny if you're listening as a podcast episode. I am just really time

constrained so I'm going to squeeze these in what I can. Sometimes that will be in the car.

So I apologize in advance for the quality, but hopefully I will do the best that I can and you'll get something out of that.

Anyway, so let's get started. Before I get into the specifics of depersonalization and hang on let me open the sunroof here get a little light on the subject

Before I get into the specifics of depersonization let's loop back

Excuse me through some general issues regarding dissociative

states because I think they're important enough to repeat. Dissociative

states exist on a continuum or a spectrum.

And if you have ever had a friend or a family member

have to poke you in the shoulder and say,

hey, dude, you're still with us because you're kind of zoned out

off into your own little universe for 30 seconds.

That's kind of daydreaming. We all know what that is. We've all had it happen to us.

That is technically a dissociative state on the most mild non-descript, don't give it a second thought end of the spectrum right no one's afraid of that because it happens to everybody we know it's normal on the other side of the spectrum are like the dissociative disorders and if you are the type that is going to Google and research and read and that's not a bad thing necessarily but if you like to learn

You will read some things that you may find frightening disturbing

upsetting on the other side of the spectrum you'll read about dissociative

disorders some of which involves permanent or semi-permanent states of

dissociation of varying types and at least in my

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