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 ...

“It’s an experience of feeling detached from your mind, feelings, sensations — kind of like a sense of unreality,” says the clinical psychologist Lauren Gonzales, PhD, an assistant professor of ...

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 ...

Man is not the only one to hide behind a mask—the mental disorder of depersonalization every so often hides itself behind the mask of a medical emergency—physical disorders that can prompt a trip to ...

Derealization during a panic attack can make people and objects feel unreal or strange. Pinching your hand or holding something cold can help bring you back to reality during derealization. Slow, deep ...