Can dissociation cause panic attacks?

I get more anxiety when I don't feel like I'm dreaming. It's like...oh my god I am normal again! And all the emotions and fears come out because when I feel like I'm dreaming I feel like I am nothing and there is almost no risk. Panic attacks happen to me rarely since the dream feeling started....

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Definitely. I've noticed that if I don't keep that depersonalization feeling in check, it can totally set off a panic attack... understandably so too. Think about it, suddenly you feel like you're not even in your own skin, like you're living yet almost like you're looking at it through someone else's eyes... that can be pretty frightening! Also though, I've noticed it can work vice versa as well, where a panic attack can bring the feeling on. I used to get it A LOT when I was younger, then it stopped and popped up again lately and I've been struggling to keep it under control since so lately I've been having to try reeeally hard to keep it under control because of that exact reason; I'm afraid I'll get another panic attack. Don't worry, you're not alone in that boat. Granted that probably doesn't help you very much- but, well, maybe it does. I know when I first started feeling that way, it actually helped to know others felt that same way so I wasn't AS abnormal as I thought.

EDIT: Just realized this was a very old post. o_o