This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of ELLE. There are many analogies Sandy Gale uses to describe her affliction: It's as if she is separated from others by an invisible barrier, ...

Describing her feelings of unreality, Dorothy, a young dental assistant who is blonde, fit and an avid skier, describes a "philosophical splinter in my head." She is neither a fan of Star Wars or The ...

This is the fourth post of the series I and My Depersonalization. What do I do with my depersonalization? After my life has been seized by an unknown disease of unreality, after I learned that this ...

Ever felt like you’re watching your own life from the outside, like a movie you never auditioned for? You go through the motions—eating, working, talking—but everything feels foggy, distant, and ...

New research explores what might be going on when we feel like passengers to our own experiences. At some point in your life, you may have had the feeling that you were observing yourself. And not in ...

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In the film Dr. Zhivago there is a scene in which Strelnikov and Yuri Zhivago discuss Yuri’s poetry and his future private life in Varykino, and two short sentences from that scene have burned a brand ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 1, 2020 / Depersonalization is feeling detached from oneself, feeling as if they and their body are a separate entity. Derealization is seeing everything with an ...