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'''Derealization''' or '''derealisation''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''DR''') is the experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's surroundings (e.g., individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted).<ref name="DSM5Glossary">American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.), 818-20. Arlington, VA: American ~~psychiatricis Leonard~~. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms</ref> It's a type of cognitive and perceptual dysregulation.<ref name="DSM5Glossary"/> People experiencing derealization often claim that reality persistently feels as if it is a dream, or something watched through a screen,<ref name="Espiard2005">Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> like a film or video game. These feelings can sometimes instill the person with a sensation of alienation and distance from those around them.

'''Derealization''' or '''derealisation''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''DR''') is the experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's surroundings (e.g., individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted).<ref name="DSM5Glossary">American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.), 818-20. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms</ref> It's a type of cognitive and perceptual dysregulation.<ref name="DSM5Glossary"/> People experiencing derealization often claim that reality persistently feels as if it is a dream, or something watched through a screen,<ref name="Espiard2005">Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> like a film or video game. These feelings can sometimes instill the person with a sensation of alienation and distance from those around them.

Depersonalization is not an inherently negative altered state of awareness, as it does not directly affect one's emotions or thought patterns. However, derealization can sometimes be distressing to the user, who may become disoriented by the loss of the innate sense that their external environment is genuinely real. This loss of the sense that the external world is real can in some cases make interacting with it feel inherently inauthentic and pointless.

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-'''Derealization''' or '''derealisation''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''DR''') is the experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's surroundings (e.g., individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted).<ref name="DSM5Glossary">American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.), 818-20. Arlington, VA: American psychiatricis Leonard. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms</ref> It's a type of cognitive and perceptual dysregulation.<ref name="DSM5Glossary"/> People experiencing derealization often claim that reality persistently feels as if it is a dream, or something watched through a screen,<ref name="Espiard2005">Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> like a film or video game. These feelings can sometimes instill the person with a sensation of alienation and distance from those around them.
+'''Derealization''' or '''derealisation''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''DR''') is the experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's surroundings (e.g., individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted).<ref name="DSM5Glossary">American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.), 818-20. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.  https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms</ref> It's a type of cognitive and perceptual dysregulation.<ref name="DSM5Glossary"/> People experiencing derealization often claim that reality persistently feels as if it is a dream, or something watched through a screen,<ref name="Espiard2005">Espiard, M. L., Lecardeur, L., Abadie, P., Halbecq, I., & Dollfus, S. (2005). Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study. European Psychiatry, 20(5), 458-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.008</ref> like a film or video game. These feelings can sometimes instill the person with a sensation of alienation and distance from those around them.
 Depersonalization is not an inherently negative altered state of awareness, as it does not directly affect one's emotions or thought patterns. However, derealization can sometimes be distressing to the user, who may become disoriented by the loss of the innate sense that their external environment is genuinely real. This loss of the sense that the external world is real can in some cases make interacting with it feel inherently inauthentic and pointless.