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Understanding Depersonalization Disorder

I don’t usually google the topic of what I’m writing about, but in this case, I did want to look up the term ‘ depersonalization disorder’ just to make sure we’re talking about the same thing. http://www.emotional-times.com/2011/07/depersonalization-disorder.html
Depersonalization disorder (DPD) is a mental disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder

Depersonalization disorder

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=174876

American Journal of Psychiatry | The Role of Childhood Interpersonal Trauma in Depersonalization Disorder

Dissociation is the disruption of the normal integrative processes of consciousness, perception, memory, and identity that define self-hood.