depersonalization

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depersonalization (dee-per-sŏ-nă-ly-zay-shŏn) n. a state in which a person feels himself becoming unreal or strangely altered, or feels that his mind is becoming separated from his body. Severe feelings of depersonalization occur in conditions such as anxiety neurosis, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. See also derealization, out-of-the-body experience.

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