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Psychiatrists, what is the difference between derealization and depersonalization?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Different: These are kind of close, yet definitely not the same. Depersonalization is the sense that one is detached or disconnected from his/her own experience -- so that one's self, body, and mind seem alien. Derealization is a change in the person's experience of the environment -- making the world around him/her seem strange, unfamiliar, or unreal. Both can come with several different conditions, also.

Answered 5/7/2016

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