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During this state, one may feel that they are "on autopilot" and that the world has become vague, dreamlike, less real, or lacking in significance. Individuals who experience depersonalization feel divorced from their own personal physicality by sensing their body sensations, feelings, emotions and behaviors as not belonging to the same person or identity.<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/basics/definition/con-20033401</ref> Often a person who has experienced depersonalization claims that things seem unreal or hazy during this state. This is because during depersonalisation, one's identity is attributed to nothing which gives them a sense of having no self.

~~Chronic depersonalization which~~ is ~~classified by the DSM-IV as a dissociative disorder can be a disturbing experience since~~ many ~~feel~~ that~~, indeed,~~ they ~~are living in~~ a ~~"dream"~~. Though degrees of depersonalization can happen to anyone who is subject to temporary anxiety or stress, chronic depersonalization is more related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress or anxiety.

It is perfectly normal for people to slip into this state temporarily without realizing it. For example many people often note that they enter a detached state of autopilot during stressful situaions or when performing monotonous or routine tasks such as driving. Though degrees of depersonalization can happen to anyone who is subject to temporary anxiety or stress, chronic depersonalization is more related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress or anxiety.

====2. Partial absense of attributed identity====

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 During this state, one may feel that they are "on autopilot" and that the world has become vague, dreamlike, less real, or lacking in significance. Individuals who experience depersonalization feel divorced from their own personal physicality by sensing their body sensations, feelings, emotions and behaviors as not belonging to the same person or identity.<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/basics/definition/con-20033401</ref> Often a person who has experienced depersonalization claims that things seem unreal or hazy during this state. This is because during depersonalisation, one's identity is attributed to nothing which gives them a sense of having no self.
-Chronic depersonalization which is classified by the DSM-IV as a dissociative disorder can be a disturbing experience since many feel that, indeed, they are living in a "dream". Though degrees of depersonalization can happen to anyone who is subject to temporary anxiety or stress, chronic depersonalization is more related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress or anxiety.
+It is perfectly normal for people to slip into this state temporarily without realizing it. For example many people often note that they enter a detached state of autopilot during stressful situaions or when performing monotonous or routine tasks such as driving. Though degrees of depersonalization can happen to anyone who is subject to temporary anxiety or stress, chronic depersonalization is more related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress or anxiety.
 ====2. Partial absense of attributed identity====