depersonalisation disorder
Definition
- Noun:
- A dissociative disorder characterized by a persistent or recurrent feeling of detachment from one's own thoughts, feelings, or body: Depersonalisation disorder involves a sense of observing oneself from outside, as if in a dream, often accompanied by feelings of unreality or strangeness about one's self or surroundings.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The therapist diagnosed her with depersonalisation disorder after she described feeling like a robot watching her own life.
- Chronic stress can sometimes be a trigger for depersonalisation disorder.
Advanced Usage
- Clinical context: The term is used primarily in psychiatric and psychological contexts to describe a specific, diagnosable condition.
- The study focused on the neural correlates of depersonalisation disorder.
Variants and Related Words
- Depersonalization disorder (n): The American English spelling variant of 'depersonalisation disorder'. The meaning is identical.
- Depersonalisation (n) / Depersonalization (n): The core symptom or experience of feeling detached from oneself, which can occur outside of the full disorder.
- Mild depersonalisation can be a symptom of anxiety.
- Derealisation (n) / Derealization (n): A related symptom often co-occurring with depersonalisation, involving a feeling that the external world is unreal or distant.
Synonyms
- Depersonalization-derealization disorder: A more comprehensive clinical term that includes both depersonalisation and derealisation symptoms.
Related Phrases
- Experience depersonalisation: To have episodes of feeling detached.
- During panic attacks, some people experience depersonalisation.
Noun
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emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
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