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HOMEOPATHIC APPROACH TO DEPERSONALIZATION SYNDROME
By
Neepa Sevak
Have you ever felt alienated with your own persona, faced with unrealistic feelings, out-of-body
sensations or contemplated watching yourself as if in a movie, in lieu of being part of the moment.
Depersonalization Syndrome, is an anxiety disorder, where you feel a stranger to yourself, perplexing
reality with a dream, envisioning your habitual surroundings as unfamiliar. This malady dissociates a
person’s unified functions of memory, identity, perception and consciousness. This disorder can afflict
individuals who have undergone prolonged emotional or physical trauma, and is alarming as it can
intervene with your professional, social, familial life and daily activities. I call this syndrome an
exaggerated reaction to stress. Deep-rooted depression and anxiety result in increased levels of Cortisol
(a chemical hormone produced by our body to manage stress) and decreased levels of Serotonin (a vital
neurotransmitter that influences a person’s emotional state) in our body, stirring up feelings of
Depersonlization. When you are trapped in Depersonalization, your world becomes undersized, you start
fantasizing about your body being unreal, dissolving, or you being outside of the body. These fanciful
notions make you lose natural spontaneity and the everyday pleasures of life, by disrupting your normal
functioning and sanity.
Causes of Depersonalization Syndrome:
• A fatal accident.
• Emotional or physical abuse, sexual assault.
• Prolonged Anxiety, Depression, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Schizophrenia or Multiple personality
disorder.
• Chronic insomnia.
• Drugs like Marijuana or alcohol abuse.
• After the use of certain Anesthetic drugs.
Symptoms of Depersonalization Syndrome:
• You imagine being a nonresident in your own body and perceive your thoughts as a stranger.
• Contemplating reality as dream.
• Emotional detachment from family and friends.
• Fail to keep control on action and speech.
• Sound seems distant.
• Distorted perception of one’s body.
• An illusion of floating in the air.
• Struggling with focusing on responsibilities.
• Difficulty with spatial reasoning.
• Difficulty with short term visual and verbal memory.
• Lack of motivation.
Homeopathic approach to Depersonalization Syndrome:
Depersonalization can be undoubtedly overruled once identified, and managed precisely with a Holistic
approach that understands the conglomeration of mind, body and emotions. Homeopathic constitutional
approach will reimpose full clarity and a true sense of well being. Homeopathic remedies accelerate
recovery by eliminating symptoms of Depersonalization and preventing recurrence. Homeopathy will help
you reclaim life and eliminate all phases of anxiety. The remedies will help change dysfunctional
rationale, feelings and behaviors. Constitutional Homeopathic healing will promote relaxation and
concentration allowing you to explore thoughts and emotions that might be unclear to your conscious
mind. These remedies will also help you deal with the stress or trauma that might have triggered this
syndrome. Quick intervention with Homeopathic remedies will help reduce the risk of developing other
dissociative disorders. Constitutional Homeopathic approach can effectively eliminate stubborn symptoms
through simple, natural, non-addictive and inexpensive remedies.
Below, I have noted some important Homeopathic remedies which can be used for
Depersonalization syndrome under the supervision of an experienced Homeopath. These
remedies are just a few of the commonly used Homeopathic remedies and are mentioned only to
create awareness about the effectiveness of Homeopathic medicines in Depersonalization
Syndrome. It is not advisable to resort to self medication for any disease.
Homeopathic remedies for Depersonalization Syndrome:
Anacardium Oriental: This remedy is recommended to patients who imagine they are double or that
someone is lying besides them. They feel they have two wills, one of which prevents them from doing
what the other impels them. Their reason and will are at discrepancy. These patients are depressed and
have a fear of death. They behave awkward, foolish, are weak at comprehending and have a weak
memory. These patients are ill natured, cruel, inhuman with an inclination to swear. They fear people and
become hysterical after excessive sexual indulgence.
Anhalonium Lewinii: This is an excellent remedy for brainfag and hallucinations. Patient seems to be in
a form of intoxication accompanied by wonderful visions, remarkably beautiful with varied kaleidoscopic
changes. These patients lack conception of time, are dissatisfied, suspicious, insecure, forsaken,
resentful to society, dissociated from environment and lack self confidence when in company. They self
analyze themselves, escape in a world of dreams and feel they are different. These patients can have a
confusion of identity, as if had two wills, or are separated from their thoughts, may also have a delusion of
floating in the air, of being double, being separated from the physical world and are observing from
above.
Ozonum: This remedy is advisable for Depersonalization when the patient is in a Euphoria, as if drunk.
These patients have an unsteady mood, it can change at any moment, have a sensation of floating.
These patients are tensed, sensitive, totally worked up, irritable, cross, malicious without feeling guilty.
They feel as if are standing by themselves, are not participating and feel surrounded by a layer. They are
unemotional with a feeling of inner emptiness, and feel as if they were dead. They have a perception as if
something is disengaging from the heaviness of the body. They have a distortion of time, while talking
they miss words, feel as if separated from themselves and feel as if they are looking through a fog or a
white curtain.
Thuja Occidentalis: This is another suitable remedy for Depersonalization. These patients have fixed
ideas, that a stranger is always by their side and their mind and body are separated. They feel their head
is vacant with inability to think. They are anxiously concerned about their future. These patients imagine
that their limbs are brittle, made of glass or made of wood when walking. They complain that their limbs
become larger than before everytime they have pain in the hip. Their vision is distorted and objects
always appear smaller than their usual size. They see visions on closing their eyes, which disappear as
soon as they open their eyes. They sense something alive in their abdomen.
Self - Care measures to cope with Depersonalization Syndrome:
• Writing down your thoughts and understanding your emotions, will make you feel more grounded.
• Get a sense of the situation you are in with the help of a close family or friend, it will enable you to be in
control of the situation.
• Keep telling yourself that you are not the cause of the traumatic events that have led you to this ailment.
• Face your feelings instead of fighting them, they will feel less intense.
• Focus on your achieving goals and not on the illness.
• Maintain a daily routine for eating, sleeping and exercising.
• Avoid caffeine, alcohol, Marijuana or other drugs.
• Develop an attitude of working with the positives and counter the negatives.
• A new self respect will grow out of understanding your personality, along with self confidence, self
acceptance and self esteem.
• Identify interfering stressors before they interrupt your life.
• Recognize and focus upon the simple pleasures of life.
• Exercise in sunlight daily for at least 10 - 15 minutes, as sunlight can help boost Serotonin.
With Homeopathic approach you will be able to fully obliterate these intrusions and move forward with
your life. Homeopathy will help you recognize the new stronger you. Hence, to stop struggling with the
incapacitating symptoms of Depersonalization, consider Homeopathy.
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About the author:
Neepa Sevak (DHMS, DHom, DIHom, DHM, CCH, RSHom (NA), HMA) is experienced and registered
with the Arizona Homeopathic Board of Medical Examiners, and certified by the Council of Homeopathic
certification. She is currently practicing Classical Homeopathy, is a Supervisor, Clinical Faculty and is on
the Board of International Affairs at the American Medical College of Homeopathy. She also coaches
students with clinical cases at the Teleosis School of Homeopathy in North America. Neepa is also
serving as a specialist at ACA (Autism Community of Africa, an organization that is helping heal Autistic
children in Africa, with the help of Homeopathic remedies). Her mission is to “Promote Health through
Homeopathy with a Holistic, Totalistic, and Individualistic approach”.
Phone: (480) 363 0758
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.homeopathic-cure.com