This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of ELLE. There are many analogies Sandy Gale uses to describe her affliction: It's as if she is separated from others by an invisible barrier, ...

Dina Cheney has been a writer for more than 20 years. She has authored six cookbooks, including THE NEW MILKS and TASTING CLUB, and written hundreds of articles and recipes for publications, including ...

Depersonalization is a difficult to define “feeling unreal.” To be counted as a disorder that can be diagnosed and accordingly subject to a treatment protocol, depersonalization needs to be clearly ...

This is the fourth post of the series I and My Depersonalization. What do I do with my depersonalization? After my life has been seized by an unknown disease of unreality, after I learned that this ...

Ever felt like you’re watching your own life from the outside, like a movie you never auditioned for? You go through the motions—eating, working, talking—but everything feels foggy, distant, and ...

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Bowen Yang is sharing a health update. The Saturday Night Live star took to his Instagram Story on Saturday and shared that he's battling "bad bouts of depersonalization" and, as a result, will be ...

Amid the Yang's break from his 'Las Culturistas' podcast to address a bout of depersonalization, co-host Matt Rogers affirmed, "No one should be living every day feeling anything less than good" ...