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In psychology (and also psychiatry), depersonalization (or derealization) is the experience of feelings of loss of a sense of reality. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real -- it is vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance. The DSM-IV categorizes depersonalization disorder as a form of dissociative disorder, though depersonalization proper is more often characteristic of the traumatic origin of other conditions.

Sufferers of depersonalization feel divorced from both the world and from their own identity and physicality. Often times the person who has experienced depersonalization claims that life "feels like a movie, things seem unreal, or hazy." Also a recognition of self breaks down (hence the name). When a person suffers from the disorder (or the symptoms associated with it) he or she finds that when looking in the mirror, his or her face is not familiar, though logically he or she is completely aware of his or her identity.

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A MUST READ: The Depersonalization of Law Firm LIfe = The Message That Will Seal Law Firms' Doom: 'It's Nothing Personal' http://ow.ly/LgUF
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A MUST READ: The Depersonalization of Law Firm LIfe = The Message That Will Seal Law Firms' Doom: 'It's Nothing Personal' http://ow.ly/LgUF
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@twitarchy Sociosis (JH van den Berg, 1955) causes depersonalization or derealization. Only independent confirmation / homecoming heals imo.
RonCdeWeijze (Ron C. de Weijze) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:40:28 -0000
@twitarchy Sociosis (JH van den Berg, 1955) causes depersonalization or derealization. Only independent confirmation / homecoming heals imo.
My psychiatrist diagnosed me with Schizophrenia and Depersonalization. fml
Damianless (Damian.) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:36 -0000
My psychiatrist diagnosed me with Schizophrenia and Depersonalization. fml

 
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