Derealization is a mental state where you feel detached from your surroundings. People and objects around you may seem unreal. Even so, you’re aware that this altered state isn’t normal. More than ...

Derealization is when a person experiences unreality or detachment from their surroundings. Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR) occurs most often in teenagers. The average age that a ...

If you've ever experienced a panic attack, you might have felt as though you were observing yourself from outside or that the world around you wasn't real. These symptoms—referred to as ...

It is not unusual to feel emotionally numb after or during a very stressful event. A person may also notice a temporary feeling of dissociation or disconnection from the body and the outside world.

Buetiger JR, Hubl D, Kupferschmidt S, et al. Trapped in a Glass Bell Jar: Neural Correlates of Depersonalization and Derealization in Subjects at Clinical High-Risk of Psychosis and ...

Have you ever been gripped by the suspicion that nothing is real? Camille, a former student at the Stevens Institute of Technology, where I teach, has endured feelings of unreality since childhood.

I know everything but myself. I know my thoughts. I know my feelings. I know my actions. But I do not know the “I” who thinks these thoughts, feels these feelings and performs these actions. This “I,” ...