derealization
noun
de·re·al·i·za·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌrē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: a feeling of altered reality (such as that occurring in schizophrenia or in some drug reactions) in which one's surroundings appear unreal or unfamiliar
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Instead, his colleagues arrested a 20-year-old psychiatric patient at St. Joseph's State Hospital who was being treated for auditory hallucinations, derealization and drug misuse.
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Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
Her parents, who were both doctors, realized that Sophie was describing episodes of depersonalization—also called derealization—a serious psychiatric symptom in which a person becomes detached from their own reality and begins to doubt whether the world around them is real.
—Mike Mariani, Wired, 16 Aug. 2022
The derealization episodes also returned.
—Mike Mariani, Wired, 16 Aug. 2022
Other aspects of ketamine's effects, 'derealization' and 'amnesia', did not consistently predict the antidepressant outcome.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2018
Could derealization have inspired all these metaphysical conjectures?
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 June 2022
Along with dissociative amnesia and depersonalization/derealization disorder, DID is one of three types of dissociative disorders, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) explains.
—Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 20 Apr. 2021
People with dissociative psychiatric conditions such as derealization or depersonalization syndrome report that their perceptual worlds, even their own selves, lack a sense of reality.
—Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2019
Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
Her parents, who were both doctors, realized that Sophie was describing episodes of depersonalization—also called derealization—a serious psychiatric symptom in which a person becomes detached from their own reality and begins to doubt whether the world around them is real.
—Mike Mariani, Wired, 16 Aug. 2022
The derealization episodes also returned.
—Mike Mariani, Wired, 16 Aug. 2022
Other aspects of ketamine's effects, 'derealization' and 'amnesia', did not consistently predict the antidepressant outcome.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2018
Could derealization have inspired all these metaphysical conjectures?
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 June 2022
Along with dissociative amnesia and depersonalization/derealization disorder, DID is one of three types of dissociative disorders, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) explains.
—Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 20 Apr. 2021
People with dissociative psychiatric conditions such as derealization or depersonalization syndrome report that their perceptual worlds, even their own selves, lack a sense of reality.
—Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2019
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derealization
noun
de·re·al·iza·tion
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or British derealisation
: a feeling of altered reality that occurs often in schizophrenia and in some drug reactions
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