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How does it compare to depersonalization/derealization?
by yanslookup 5y ago
How does it compare to depersonalization/derealization?
- Enginerrrd 5y agoI'd call those totally different experiences. Depersonalization/derealization SUCKS. I had episodes of that for months after an LSD trip. It's not fun. However, I've definitely had other experiences I would call proper out of body experiences, and those feel more insightful and interesting. Mostly those came from meditation, but one came the first time I had to kill an animal. (I had to put down a rabbit that was suffering a long slow death, and I remember it was really weird. I watched myself swing the axe, but I didn't initiate the swing nor keep it going. It just happened. Strange feeling.) The former doesn't feel out of body, it feels more like you're stuck in the wrong body, or one you just don't identify with. Like it doesn't feel right, it feels like it's in the wrong position, or like a strange robot your don't quite know the ins and outs of. It CAN feel like you're watching yourself, but it's... different. I don't know quite how to explain. Like, in the out of body, you are watching yourself, but you identify WITH the observer. With the DP/DR, you don't really identify with the body you're watching OR the observer. It just feels detached and wrong.