It's not normal in medical terms because it means there's something nasty going on in your head but since you have a good reason for it (the schizophrenia) then it's normal in your case. Most people don't experience it. I did when I was diagnosed with neurosis and depression but it was just a phase. At the same time people who lucid dream regularly may experience it at a daily basis as well.
I can't tell you exactly where I've read or heard about that but it's a natural tendency if you focus on things that are unreal, like dreams. I used to spend a lot of time trying to empty my mind and prepare for a lucid dream, I only had a few and even from my own experience I can tell that the more you focus on the dream being realistic, the more you're likely to feel unreal in the actual real world, kinda like those two were overlapping. If you don't lucid dream on purpose, it could be a simple hormonal disbalance, easy to treat.
What about spending time reading books and watching films - I do both of these a lot. But perhaps a person with the kind of mind which can lucid dream will just naturally have a less solid feeling about reality.
That's possible, yes. However if the feeling of derealization is strong and disturbing it could be a symptom of something more serious, like anxiety disorder or other illness. It's not an illness on its own and always has a cause.
Just speaking from experience. It's also an interesting matter and I enjoy reading and talking about it. I'm always curious when it comes to brain and its capacities, especially dreaming and how tiniest things like everyday stress may affect the whole organism. It's amazing and terrifying at the same time.
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It's not normal in medical terms because it means there's something nasty going on in your head but since you have a good reason for it (the schizophrenia) then it's normal in your case. Most people don't experience it. I did when I was diagnosed with neurosis and depression but it was just a phase. At the same time people who lucid dream regularly may experience it at a daily basis as well.
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I experience the world feeling unreal and me not looking like me in the mirror, and I lucid dream. How did you hear/read about the connection?
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I can't tell you exactly where I've read or heard about that but it's a natural tendency if you focus on things that are unreal, like dreams. I used to spend a lot of time trying to empty my mind and prepare for a lucid dream, I only had a few and even from my own experience I can tell that the more you focus on the dream being realistic, the more you're likely to feel unreal in the actual real world, kinda like those two were overlapping. If you don't lucid dream on purpose, it could be a simple hormonal disbalance, easy to treat.
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What about spending time reading books and watching films - I do both of these a lot. But perhaps a person with the kind of mind which can lucid dream will just naturally have a less solid feeling about reality.
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That's possible, yes. However if the feeling of derealization is strong and disturbing it could be a symptom of something more serious, like anxiety disorder or other illness. It's not an illness on its own and always has a cause.
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Yeh I've had anxiety issues since I was a child. You seem to know a lot about this kind of thing?
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Just speaking from experience. It's also an interesting matter and I enjoy reading and talking about it. I'm always curious when it comes to brain and its capacities, especially dreaming and how tiniest things like everyday stress may affect the whole organism. It's amazing and terrifying at the same time.