"I know my left hand is mine, but i don't feel like it is". That's not the "normal" type of thing you would expect to hear out of the mouth of Sarah Daffy - a smart successful young business woman with the world at her feet - living with one of the least common or talked about mental health issues. Depersonalisation is a natural defence mechanism of the mind, and a symptom of many mental ill health conditions, however it is also a standalone disorder for the rare few who experience it's crippling impairments in it's most intense form. A mix of extreme anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, health anxiety, and depression all resulting in a form of dissociation that feels like you are permanently going insane and living in a world that feels un-real, foggy and robotic. Mitch the founder of HOMS has also been through this, and talks to Sarah about her journey living, accepting and thriving in a real way.

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