Just need reassurance

[Brad10]

Okay I've been posting a lot but I just need some reassurance, when I first got dp I felt like I was on auto pilot, and that lasted a year and half, and I would always get panic attacks and get a weird out of body feeling, after that I would get random feelings like I wasn't my self like I was someone else but obviously not just a really weird feeling, now this last 6 months I've been obsessing about this feeling and it's scaring me, i think the worst case scenario like it's multiple personality disorder because I read something about that or schizophrenia, my doctor and psychiatrist both said it's anxiety because a lot has changed in the last 3 years and my hormones have a lot to do with it, can anyone reassure me :(

[Tom1992]

Yes,hopefully I can reassure you.

I briefly had DP,and the existential component is the most frightening.

"What if everything's a figment of my imagination?" *freak out*

I also had a strange,floating sensation. Like my mind wasn't attached to my body.

It's normal;don't worry.

[Brad10]

Yes,hopefully I can reassure you.

I briefly had DP,and the existential component is the most frightening.

"What if everything's a figment of my imagination?" *freak out*

I also had a strange,floating sensation. Like my mind wasn't attached to my body.

It's normal;don't worry.

Thank you and that weird feeling of being not me like I'm someone else is what is scaring me and my psychiatrist said it's anxiety

[GlassPinata]

Depersonalization is common among anxiety sufferers, and is NOT schizophrenia. I often suffer episodes of depersonalization, but my middle son actually HAS schizophrenia, and I can assure you there is a big difference.
They are not the same thing, nor does one lead to the other.
Schizophrenia is unmistakable. You would not have to wonder. You would know.

Best wishes.

[Tom1992]

Can you explain what you mean by you feel like somebody else?

[Brad10]

Can you explain what you mean by you feel like somebody else?

Not somebody else just not myself if that makes sense, like I feel completely different from how I use to feel, even though I'm still into the SMS things and I act the exact same way, if that makes sense

[Brad10]

Depersonalization is common among anxiety sufferers, and is NOT schizophrenia. I often suffer episodes of depersonalization, but my middle son actually HAS schizophrenia, and I can assure you there is a big difference.
They are not the same thing, nor does one lead to the other.
Schizophrenia is unmistakable. You would not have to wonder. You would know.

Best wishes.

Thank you for the help and yah I guess I shouldn't worry but it's hard