This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of ELLE. There are many analogies Sandy Gale uses to describe her affliction: It's as if she is separated from others by an invisible barrier, ...

New research explores what might be going on when we feel like passengers to our own experiences. At some point in your life, you may have had the feeling that you were observing yourself. And not in ...

Depersonalization disorder is a mental health condition that’s now formally known as depersonalization-derealization disorder (DDD). This updated name reflects the two major issues people with DDD ...

Dissociation and depersonalization are when a person feels disconnected from their surroundings. Dissociating may feel like an out-of-body experience or a separation from the current situation.

Depersonalization is a difficult to define “feeling unreal.” To be counted as a disorder that can be diagnosed and accordingly subject to a treatment protocol, depersonalization needs to be clearly ...

People with dissociative identity disorder develop fractured parts of their identity to cope with trauma, which can cause amnesia and disconnect.