Yes--depersonalization, and derealization, are ordinary psychological experiences, affecting mentally healthy people.
I used to get the feeling that suddenly I was watching myself, and everything I was doing, on TV. Sometimes this actually amused me--but as often as not, it really scared me. At least, it usually felt very, very weird. It happened like once every six months, or so--once, conversely, I felt like I wasn't real at all, and forgot who I was, and forgot WHAT I was, and forgot WHAT IT MEANT "TO BE." This lasted like 25-30 seconds. Mercifully--this weird stuff PASSES.
But depersonalization is analogous to finding moles on your skin--these things happen to EVERYBODY, to HEALTHY PEOPLE--but SOMETIMES a new mole IS a sign of skin cancer--sometimes depersonalization IS a sign of mental illness... I'd GUESS--this isn't medical advice--that you might worry about it only if it starts happening noticeably more frequently. There's always that slight chance you're batshit crazy. That's part of the fun of being human: for any one of us--there's always that chance that we're just f---ing CRAZY. ...but, usually, what you're describing is very, very NORMAL.
i don't think it's really depersonalization... depersonalization is just another word for out-of-body experience, except they make it into a disorder so people could buy expensive medication.
Is it normal to randomly see myself in 3rd person
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Yes--depersonalization, and derealization, are ordinary psychological experiences, affecting mentally healthy people.
I used to get the feeling that suddenly I was watching myself, and everything I was doing, on TV. Sometimes this actually amused me--but as often as not, it really scared me. At least, it usually felt very, very weird. It happened like once every six months, or so--once, conversely, I felt like I wasn't real at all, and forgot who I was, and forgot WHAT I was, and forgot WHAT IT MEANT "TO BE." This lasted like 25-30 seconds. Mercifully--this weird stuff PASSES.
But depersonalization is analogous to finding moles on your skin--these things happen to EVERYBODY, to HEALTHY PEOPLE--but SOMETIMES a new mole IS a sign of skin cancer--sometimes depersonalization IS a sign of mental illness... I'd GUESS--this isn't medical advice--that you might worry about it only if it starts happening noticeably more frequently. There's always that slight chance you're batshit crazy. That's part of the fun of being human: for any one of us--there's always that chance that we're just f---ing CRAZY. ...but, usually, what you're describing is very, very NORMAL.
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i don't think it's really depersonalization... depersonalization is just another word for out-of-body experience, except they make it into a disorder so people could buy expensive medication.
is this bothering you?