Noun: depersonalization disorder
- Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
"During episodes of depersonalization disorder, he felt detached from his own thoughts and body, as if observing himself from outside";
- depersonalization, depersonalisation [Brit], depersonalisation disorder [Brit], depersonalization neurosis, depersonalisation neurosis [Brit]
Derived forms: depersonalization disorders
Type of: dissociative disorder
Encyclopedia: Depersonalization disorder