Depersonalization Disorder - Depersonalization and Meditation

Depersonalization and Meditation

The outcome of one study on meditation and depersonalization concluded the following

• Meditation can sometimes lead to the experience of depersonalization
• The meditator's understanding and meaning regarding the experience of depersonalization will greatly determine whether anxiety is present as part of the experience
• A meditator who interprets depersonalization with catastrophic interpretations will likely experience significate panic/anxiety
• The meditator's social or occupational functioning as a result of depersonalization need not have significant anxiety or impairment
• The meditator's depersonalized state can become a permanent mode of functioning
• People who wish to reduce Depersonalization Disorder may be treated by changing the meanings associated with depersonalization in the mind of the patient, thereby reducing anxiety and functional impairment