3 Quotes by Daphne Simeon

Trapped within the confines of his mind, he is too aware of every thought passing through it, as if he were outside, looking in. At night he often lies awake ruminating endlessly about what’s wrong with him, about death, and about the meaning of existence itself. At times his arms and legs feel like they don’t belong with his body. But most of the time, his mind feels like it is operating apart from the body that contains it.

It isn't depression, or anxiety, though it can sometimes appear as a symptom of these better—known conditions. Often, it emerges with cruel ferocity as a chronic disorder completely unto itself.Its destructive impact on an individual’s sense of self is implied in its very name—depersonalization.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. – ALBERT CAMUS.