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Depersonalization disorder



Depersonalization disorder: Introduction

Depersonalization disorder is a dissociative disorder where a person becomes dissociated from themselves. A typical description is feeling like they are outside of themselves.

Symptoms of Depersonalization disorder

  • Distorted perception of identity
  • Distorted perception of body image
  • Distorted image of life
  • Altered sense of self perception
  • Detachment from self reality
  • more symptoms...»
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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

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Definitions of Depersonalization disorder:

Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Depersonalization disorder is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Depersonalization disorder, or a subtype of Depersonalization disorder, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)


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