Disorders dealing with anxiety often cause other things to happen including mental confusion. Panic attacks commonly happen because of this confusion and can be quite scary. Due to panic attacks having characteristics like those of heart or respiratory ailments, it is not surprising that people get scared and uncomfortable during them. But, some more serious symptoms can crop up when a person has severe anxiety. Depersonalization along with derealization can occur.
Depersonalization basically is a type of anxiety brought on through an out-of-body type event. This means that an individual going through depersonalization ultimately feels totally disconnected from their body in the physical sense. In place of being only one mind and body, the person’s mental state appears disconnected, and separate from the person’s physical body. This is of course just a painful mental condition, which is caused by severe anxiety and mental confusion.
Derealization is similar to depersonalization in the sense one feels detached. However, with this mental state, the person does not feel detached from the physical body. Instead, the individual will feel detached from the environment he/she is surrounded by. Some may assume this can create a sense of wonder, but it assuredly does not. Instead, it can create a sense of confusion and disorientation. After all, anyone that feels removed from a particular environment will realize something is wrong and may panic as a result. Actually, the same could be said of a person experiencing depersonalization.
It is not totally correct to conclude the fact that panic attacks are just a response to fear for the above anxiety disorders. Fear is a definite part of the panic attacks coming on. And undoubtedly, a person having the derealization and depersonalization will indeed have a feeling of being afraid. But due to the person being totally unaware of their environment around them, the feeling of panic often escalates to a critical level. At this stage all of it becomes too much to handle.
On top of this, the panicky feeling is hard enough for someone planted solidly in reality. In depersonalization and derealization the individual does not have the benefit of understanding they are connected to reality. This is definitely a fright-filled situation.
Some wonder what can bring on such disorientation. Various causes have been blamed for this. It may be brought on due to traumatic happenings, and others say that it is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain of the person. More than one factor can cause this too. Regardless of what starts the problems, it is crucial to get treatment for them.
Locating the reason that the anxiety is happening and eliminating it, will make the derealization, depersonalization, those panic attacks to go away. Because the anxiety is the base of all of these issues, eliminating it will most likely get rid of the other problems too. It does take therapy to make this happen.
You can find numerous types of treatment today. There are various drug therapies, psychotherapies, and alternative therapies out there today. It is important for a person suffering with these situations to find the therapy, that will work for them to alleviate their condition.