Dissociation
self effect
valencecontext-dependentfrequencycommontemporalacute
A felt separation between self and experience; perception, thought, body, or the world can feel distant, unreal, or not one's own.
substances
Narrower forms
- Cognitive disconnection
Feeling of being disconnected from one's own thought processes; thoughts feel external or alien.
- Depersonalization
Feeling detached from one's own body, thoughts, or actions, as if observing oneself from outside.
- Derealization
The external world feels unreal, dreamlike, or artificial.
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