My therapist said I have a depersonalization disorder...

[corgi_SDiT]

My therapist just recently stated that I have a depersonalization disorder. I do not know what to do. I am young and still in school. And along with already having SI, I have many more things going on

 

[whiteraven]

I'm sorry you have a lot going on. Can you look at this with encouragement--that you are dealing with something that can be named and so maybe you can learn to manage it?

 

[Zoey]

Possibly. I also have other things that are not named, so maybe.

 

[corgi_SDiT]

Possibly, I also have things that are unnamed. I just want to smile again

 

[anthony]

Therapists are also taking a best guess in diagnosis. They should focus their time on helping people, not applying labels to people, which they honestly cannot state 100% accurate, because mental health is a best guess game.

Simply, forget the label and look at the problem and the solutions to the problem. Everything else, is just noise.

 

[arfie]

I didn't know "depersonalization" was a stand-alone disorder. i thought it was a psych symptom with roots in cultural practices. on the cultural level, most of academia/politics are based on depersonalization. we are depersonalizing every time we try to see another point of view. in psychology, depersonalization is a coping tool which helps us process trauma, etc.

just thinking. . . in my 20th century psychotherapy, it was described as a good thing carried to destructive extremes.

 

[OM_™]

I do not know what to do

Ask your therapist, or ask AI on this forum; then go back to your therapist for further discussion/support/clarification. I did not tell my therapist that I sought help from AI (anybody else got any suggestions/info/experience re: telling therapists about AI). AI helped me frame the question logically. Therapist apologised and future discussions were more helpful (i.e. I felt better after therapy and not worse). I agree with 'anthony', you need solutions, not labels. For a long time I paid good money to my therapists only to come back home after a session with a head full of 'noise'.

 

[corgi_SDiT]

I didn't know "depersonalization" was a stand-alone disorder. i thought it was a psych symptom with roots in cultural practices. on the cultural level, most of academia/politics are based on depersonalization. we are depersonalizing every time we try to see another point of view. in psychology, depersonalization is a coping tool which helps us process trauma, etc.

just thinking. . . in my 20th century psychotherapy, it was described as a good thing carried to destructive extremes.

That is what I thought but I have no idea.

 

[oliver767]

Getting a diagnosis like that is a lot to process while you're still in school. It’s good you're already seeing a therapist who can help you navigate this. Focus on the treatment plan they give you and try to take it one day at a time.

 

[gorgonzola]

I didn't know "depersonalization" was a stand-alone disorder.

Depersonalization/derealization disorder is in both the ICD-11 (06 - Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders -> Dissociative disorders -> 6B66 Depersonalization-derealization disorder) and the DSM-V (300.6 on page 302; pdf page 339). In both cases symptoms have to be not better explained by something else e.g. PTSD.

 

[mariapap1979]

Οι θεραπευτές λαμβάνουν επίσης υπόψη τη βέλτιστη εκτίμηση στη διάγνωση. Θα πρέπει να επικεντρώνουν τον χρόνο τους στο να βοηθούν τους ανθρώπους και όχι να τους βάζουν ταμπέλες, κάτι που ειλικρινά δεν μπορούν να πουν με 100% ακρίβεια, επειδή η ψυχική υγεία είναι ένα παιχνίδι βέλτιστης εκτίμησης.

Απλά, ξεχάστε την ταμπέλα και κοιτάξτε το πρόβλημα και τις λύσεις του. Όλα τα άλλα είναι απλώς θόρυβος.

Γεια σας, εννοείται να μην ψάχνουμε την ακριβή διάγνωση;πάρα να λύσουμε τα συμπτώματα που βγαίνουν, άσχετα με ποια διαταραχή συνδέονται;..Βασικά νομίζω έχω πάμπολλα σύνδρομα, διότι έχω πάμπολλα τραύματα,όποτε αυτό σκέφτηκα να πράξω,να σταματήσω να ψάχνω την ταμπέλα του. κάθε ένα,και να δω πως θα λύσω ένα,άσχετα που ανήκει.. Νιώθω ότι έχουν γίνει ένα κουβάρι οι διαταραχές μου ..
Ευχαριστώ πολύ,κάθε παρατηρήση,εμπειρία ,συμβουλή,απάντηση, δεκτή

Translation:
Hi, does it mean we shouldn't look for the exact diagnosis? But rather solve the symptoms that come up, regardless of which disorder they're connected to?.. Basically I think I have tons of syndromes, because I have tons of traumas, so that's what I thought to do, stop looking for the label of each one, and see how to solve one, regardless of where it belongs.. I feel like my disorders have become one big tangled ball ..

Thank you very much, every observation, experience, advice, response welcome

 

[mariapap1979]

Δεν ήξερα ότι η «αποπροσωποποίηση» ήταν μια αυτόνομη διαταραχή. Νόμιζα ότι ήταν ένα ψυχολογικό σύμπτωμα με ρίζες στις πολιτισμικές πρακτικές. Σε πολιτισμικό επίπεδο, το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του ακαδημαϊκού/πολιτικού κόσμου βασίζεται στην αποπροσωποποίηση. Αποπροσωποποιούμαστε κάθε φορά που προσπαθούμε να δούμε μια άλλη οπτική γωνία. Στην ψυχολογία, η αποπροσωποποίηση είναι ένα εργαλείο αντιμετώπισης που μας βοηθά να επεξεργαστούμε το τραύμα κ.λπ.

Απλώς σκέφτομαι... στην ψυχοθεραπεία μου του 20ού αιώνα, περιγράφηκε ως κάτι καλό που φτάνει σε καταστροφικά άκρα.

Θα μπορούσατε μήπως να μου αναφέρετε κάποια συμπτώματα που έχει αυτή η διαταραχή,της αποπροσωποποίησης;
Δεν βολεύομαι,απλά έχω εξαντληθεί ψάχνοντας να δώσω ταμπέλες;να βρω ποιες και πόσες διαταραχές έχουν δημιουργηθεί από ένα άσχημο οικογενειακό περιβάλλον,πολύ τοξικό και συνεχίζει,με τραύματα όπως πένθος,το μικρότερο μέλος της οικογένειας,ο αδελφός μου,Βία λεκτική ψυχολογική και σωματική, πατέρας νευρικός στα πρόθυρα αλκοολισμού,επίσης δέχτηκα σε ηλικία 8 ετών σεξουαλική κακοποίηση Άπτον οφθαλμίατρο μου,τοτε, διαφορά τέτοια που με πνιξανε μεγαλώνοντας,είχα και τον ρόλο του φροντιστή, διαιτητή μέσα στο σπίτι,με τους γονείς..
Ευχαριστώ πολύ για ποια πληροφορία

Translation:
Could you perhaps tell me some symptoms of this disorder, depersonalization?
I'm not comfortable, just exhausted from searching to put labels on it; to find out which and how many disorders have been created from a bad family environment, very toxic and it continues, with traumas like grief, the youngest family member, my brother, verbal psychological and physical violence, nervous father on the verge of alcoholism, also at age 8 I suffered sexual abuse from my ophthalmologist at the time, such things that suffocated me growing up, I also had the role of caregiver, mediator in the house, with the parents..
Thank you very much for any information