Steinberg Depersonalization Test

[scout86]

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Anybody know what "normal" is? (That could be a really big question, couldn't it?)

@Lizio , my T says that running conversation is called "thinking" and he encourages it. :) Imagine my surprise to find these people seem to think it's a "bad" thing! But, you know, maybe "thinking" is more unusual that we give it credit for being?

 

[AnnaLost]

58. Yikes. Guess I still have some work to do. :facepalm:

 

[Chincho]

40 - I didn't think it was that bad...

 

[joeylittle]

49. Kind of what I expected.

 

[Queen Boudica]

my T says that running conversation is called "thinking" and he encourages it.

Well that's what I thought, but now I'm confused. Is it depersonalisation or not if I have a running commentary in my head while I do things and a lot of the time it can be stuff totally unrelated to what I am doing. Actually very often I am thinking I am talking to someone else, like imaginary psychologist, as I can't possibly tell my psychologist everything in a session, so I just talk to imaginary one in my head so it helps with panic etc and getting through the day. I know their not there. It is just a way of trying to work things out and deal with things. Is that thinking???

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

39 but some of these things have saved my life when things have been too much.

I don't think I'm willing to let them go yet. Someday hopefully I won't need them anymore.

@scout86 are you asking us lot what normal is. I don't have a clue. Hahahaha

 

[shimmerz]

Link Removed are you asking us lot what normal is. I don't have a clue. Hahahaha

Normal is apparently a score under 15. I have to challenge this quiz. I answered honestly and got a 'mild' rating. Then I played around a bit and found that the only way to be 'normal' (which reads like this on the quiz)
YOUR SCORE IS 14
You have denied ever experiencing depersonalization symptoms. This is within the normal range of experiences.
is to say that you experienced none of these states EVER.

I am going to say that 'normal' is not human. Even just one 'Once or Twice' answer states you have depersonalization issues. Christ, if I could say that this happened only once or twice in my life - I am going to say that would be extremely unusual. For anybody.

 

[scout86]

Is that thinking???

My T says that it is. He says there are a lot of different thinking styles and that is one of them. I have pretty much the same thing. Although I experience it more often as if "someone else" is talking to "me". (I did found out that one way to provoke a reaction from my T is to refer to that as "hearing voices". LOL I have been warned to watch what I say to "other members of his profession.)

He & I have talked about this quite a bit. Now I'm wondering if I actually know what he thinks about it! But, that running commentary is the most common way I "think". Now and then I also do what you're talking about where the commentary runs like I'm talking to someone else. Sometimes actual people, sometimes just "as if there's someone to talk to". One of the things I like about my work is that I usually have to (or can) focus on what I'm doing in a way that shuts to "voices" off. It gets old sometimes. Anyway, he's never said anything to give me the slightest suggestion that he thinks this is a "problem", it's just the way I think and it's ok. As long as I know the voices are coming from INSIDE my head. LOL

are you asking us lot what normal is.

Yeah. That's why I thought it might be a bit hard to come up with an actual answer. LOL

 

[shimmerz]

LOL I have been warned to watch what I say to "other members of his profession.)

This is SO true. Be very careful of this. Even joking it can change one's life. Forever.

 

[void]

Oh frig, I got 37 - severe depersonalisation. I need to seek help. Good job I'm doing that then.

I never e...

All humans(except those who are born 100% deaf and those never exposed to language ie. feral) talk to themselves within their mind. That is normal.

Can you clarify why you think that the 'self-talk' you do is depersonalization?
Is the voice your voice?
Does it sound like your 'out loud' speaking voice?

 

[void]

This is SO true. Be very careful of this. Even joking it can change one's life. Forever.

You are correct. Anything you say(in therapy) can and will be used against you if you say certain things. The consequences can be VERY serious.

T.'s are REQUIRED to breach your confidentiality under certain conditions and they will.

 

[Queen Boudica]

Can you clarify why you think that the 'self-talk' you do is depersonalization?
Is the voice your voice?
Does it sound like your 'out loud' speaking voice?

I don't know that's what I am trying to find out. I thought it was normal, but I am definitely doing a running commentary about stuff I am doing, observing myself and I am definitely having a conversation with someone in my head, to help me function, sometimes I imagine it is my T answering me so I can reassure myself that I am doing the right thing, or not, sometimes I think he is disapproving (unsurprisingly). It isn't loud or from outside me but it is talking, but not my voice or any voice really. So I guess that is thoughts.

I don't know all confusing. But can see how people might say they have voices when it is their own thoughts, so get misdiagnosed. Maybe not.