DPDR: Why ME?

Why am I affected of all people

Many people who repeatedly or permanently suffer from feelings of alienation and unreality ask themselves why they of all people are affected by this.

Why do they, of all people, never let go of depersonalization or derealization?

What have they done wrong?

Depersonalization and derealization have many causes

The development of chronic depersonalization or derealization is complex. Rarely does a single cause contribute to the symptoms becoming chronic.

In most cases, there are many reasons why feelings of unreality or alienation occur repeatedly or even permanently.

Specific aspects of the affected person’s personality as well as biographical factors may contribute to this.

It is often difficult to identify the individual points.

The most important question

It is understandable that those affected ask themselves why they of all people are affected by chronic depersonalization or derealization.

However, this is not the most important question.

The most important question is: Why are the symptoms still there? What am I ‘doing’, what am I doing wrong that the symptoms have not yet disappeared?

There are a whole range of factors that contribute to feelings of unreality or alienation persisting for a long time. These need to be analysed and then changed.

Many people suffer from some kind of symptoms

People who are affected by depersonalization or derealization are not the only people who suffer from disturbing symptoms.

Tinnitus can also be very disruptive and life-impairing. Food intolerances can restrict life. Just as chronic pain often seems almost unbearable.

Sometimes it helps to realize this.