Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self

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Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct. Recommendations for Good Scientific Practice and the Consumers of VR-Technology (2016, background): “For instance, those suffering from the disorder report feeling as if they are automata (loss of the sense of agency), and feeling as if they are living in a dream (see Simeon and Abugel, 2009 for illustrative reports from individuals suffering from depersonalization).”
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience (2017, background): “…manifestations of alterations to the sense of self have been formalized within the dissociative cluster of the DSM as depersonalization disorder (Bernstein & Putnam, 1986; Simeon & Abugel, 2006; Simeon et al., 2014), now referred to as depersonalization/derealization disorder (DDD) in the DSM-V.”
Neural bases of the bodily self as revealed by electrical brain stimulation: A systematic review (2023, background): “This category encompasses the sense of depersonalization, that is, a dissociative experience combining sensations of being detached from the body, of losing control over the body, actions, or thoughts (Simeon & Abugel, 2006).”