"Most people have feelings of depersonalisation at some point in their lives, but it’s often a feeling that comes and goes. "Sometimes, depersonalisation can be experienced alongside another dissociative disorder called derealisation," Kamara adds. "Depersonalisation is a common form of dissociative disorder that causes you to feel like you’re watching yourself from outside of your body, making you feel estranged from your own feelings, thoughts and actions," Fatmata Kamara, specialist nurse adviser for mental health at Bupa UK, tells Cosmopolitan UK. In fact, a recent study found that there's been a 120% rise in online searches for 'depersonalisation disorder', with our increased digital media use during the pandemic being noted as a driving factor. 'Just give it a few weeks, try not to think about it,' they'd say."ĭepersonalisation disorder, as described here by musician dodie, is a mental health condition you might not have heard of, but which she isn't alone in experiencing. They'd all tell me they didn't, but reassured me it would go away. I remember asking people if they ever felt like they were dreaming. Almost as if there was a line between living and dying, and I was somewhere in the middle. "It was like I was living my life at 40%. I got my eyes tested a few times because it felt like I was losing my vision, like I couldn't quite see enough.
"I started feeling very spacey, almost like I was asleep.
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