Anyone into Buddhism? How does Depersonalization Disorder fit in with Buddhism?

Question

Depersonalization Disorder, aka Alice in Wonderland disease is linked philosophically to existentialism, even Buddhism. How would that fit in to Buddhism? I've experienced depersonalization twice this year so far and its very interesting. I'm not a Buddist.

This has nothing to do with depression and trauma. It does have something to do with detachment from the body.

Answer 1

DD is linked to depression and trauma, not altered states of consciousness, or the Buddhist idea of detachment.

Answer 2

This practice is being discourage in Buddhist meditation because you can fall deep into the ravine with bad result,emptiness in Buddhism must not be mistaken as nothing, or nothing exist,it means nothing stays the same it changes all the time,from one form to another,take a piece of paper for example,burn it ,what happens,it turn to ashes and gone?No,it gives out heat and gases,it go into the air,absorb by the plants and you will get paper again,so do not practice without guidance for the opposite can be dangerous,please be cautious.

Answer 3

Depersonalization disorder is a disorder.
It has nothing to do with buddhsim.
The buddha always said not to fall in the to extremes: eternalism at the one side and nihilism at the other side.
On base of what I know about depersonalization disorder, at that is very less, it is more a form of nihilism in which you deny any form of existance and you feel it also in that way. That is not what is meant when buddhism speaks about ego-less or emptiness.
But I am not a specialist.
Wha tI can say is that in the West we always look at the "disorders", the "deceases", the "obstructions"... in buddhism we start with the "goodness", the "potentiality".
Whatever disorder you have, your mind is in pure and is only clouded by something. In meditation and practise you can always remove these defilements or clouths if you have enough energy and motivation to practise intensively and longer time.