Derealization is when a person experiences unreality or detachment from their surroundings. Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR) occurs most often in teenagers. The average age that a ...

The sensation of being detached from your surroundings may point to a hard-to-diagnose condition. By Christina Caron Barrie Miskin was newly pregnant when she noticed her appearance was changing. Dark ...

If you've ever experienced a panic attack, you might have felt as though you were observing yourself from outside or that the world around you wasn't real. These symptoms—referred to as ...

People are turning to social media to define dissociative disorders, but those portrayals aren’t always accurate. Here is a primer. By Christina Caron Have you ever zoned out? Maybe you have ...

For almost half a century, feeling unreal has been known as DPD, an abbreviation for Depersonalization Disorder. Now it is about a year since feeling unreal has been renamed. The new fifth edition of ...

I was there, then I wasn’t. I lost myself suddenly, as if someone had flipped a light switch, robbing me of emotions and the sense that I was…well…me. It was ...