What Is Derealization?
1. What Is Derealization?
Derealization is a type of dissociation. Generally speaking, dissociation happens when people do not experience the world around them as it exists and have no control over the matter. It’s an involuntary escape from reality.
You may often decide to temporarily take a mental escape in order to relax. There are many ways that people do this, such as reading, watching TV and daydreaming. When you stop having control over your perception and you start to hear or see things that you know can’t be right, that’s when it becomes a problem. You realize something is wrong, but your senses are so overloaded that stimuli are either muted or magnified in your perception. Then you are likely experiencing derealization.
