Saturday 4 July 2009

Depersonalization-Derealization and Panic Attacks

By Gordon Dalwood

Disorders dealing with anxiety often cause other things to happen including mental confusion. Panic attacks commonly happen because of this confusion and can be quite scary. Due to panic attacks having characteristics like those of heart or respiratory ailments, it is not surprising that people get scared and uncomfortable during them. But, some more serious symptoms can crop up when a person has severe anxiety. Depersonalization along with derealization can occur.

Depersonalization basically is a type of anxiety brought on through an out-of-body type event. This means that an individual going through depersonalization ultimately feels totally disconnected from their body in the physical sense. In place of being only one mind and body, the person's mental state appears disconnected, and separate from the person's physical body. This is of course just a painful mental condition, which is caused by severe anxiety and mental confusion.

Derealization is a bit different from depersonalization, the person has a greater sense of being disconnected. They don't feel like they are disconnected from their bodies. They feel totally disconnected and separate from their environment that is around them. People may assume this creates a euphoric feeling, but it doesn't. It creates a state of confusion and disorientation. Many people, who feel disconnected from the environment they are in, will realize fairly quick that all is not as it should be and panic over this. The same goes for depersonalization.

You should not automatically conclude that panic attacks only are a reaction to fear on the anxiety disorders above. Fear and panic attacks go hand-in-hand though. And most assuredly, an individual in the midst of depersonalization and/or derealization will certainly feel afraid. Since the person is completely unaware to their surroundings, the panicky feeling often reaches too high a level. At this level it is hard for them to cope.

Plus the feeling of panic can be treacherous enough with an individual that is totally in reality. With derealization and depersonalization, the person will not have the beneficial feeling of knowing that they are in reality. Now this is truly a scary situation.

Many people might be curious of the causes for this kind of disorienting situations. Various reasons have been found. Many have put the blame on events that were traumatic for these situations, but other people say that there can be an imbalance of chemicals in the person's brain causing these situations. It can also be possible that several factors could be at fault. No matter what brings on the issues, it is vital to do something to cure the problems.

Locating the reason that the anxiety is happening and eliminating it, will make the derealization, depersonalization, those panic attacks to go away. Because the anxiety is the base of all of these issues, eliminating it will most likely get rid of the other problems too. It does take therapy to make this happen.

You can find numerous types of treatment today. There are various drug therapies, psychotherapies, and alternative therapies out there today. It is important for a person suffering with these situations to find the therapy, that will work for them to alleviate their condition.

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