I just tried to disagree with this post, and formulate a criticism but instead i find myself agreeing with it.
Although i think self esteem is more of an effect than a cause, i suppose from one perspective it may be because of our self esteem that our minds wander from us in this way. To preserve ourselves we have to run away, for whatever reason, probably traumatic. Low self esteem in general might contribute to DP/R but it can equally be seen as an effect of the compromises the disorder seems to force. Or alternatively cause and effect cannot be untwined and devour and give birth to each other endlessly in a spiralling downward descent.
Well perhaps not.
Although i think self esteem is more of an effect than a cause, i suppose from one perspective it may be because of our self esteem that our minds wander from us in this way. To preserve ourselves we have to run away, for whatever reason, probably traumatic. Low self esteem in general might contribute to DP/R but it can equally be seen as an effect of the compromises the disorder seems to force. Or alternatively cause and effect cannot be untwined and devour and give birth to each other endlessly in a spiralling downward descent.
Well perhaps not.
