#depersonalisation — Public Fediverse posts
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This is a really interesting read: Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his #body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with #depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden #fear of water: #mentalhealth #psychology #somatic #experience #outofbody
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What a story! He could only be a professor of #philosophy.
"Dunne’s transformation sounds like a fairytale in reverse: one kiss, and his life turned into a nightmare. Seventeen years have passed since that night, and he still mostly explains the change in himself in metaphors and similes.
It would take Dunne three-and-a-half years to learn that what he had experienced was the onset of #depersonalisation disorder, a #dissociative disorder believed to affect about 1.3 million people in the UK, a similar number to those with #bipolar disorder, though the condition is far less known."