Glossary


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Depersonalization disorder - Is a mental disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization.

Depersonalization - Is an anomaly of self-awareness. It consists of a feeling of watching oneself act, while having no control over a situation.

Derealization - Is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems unreal.

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) - Is a mental disorder on the dissociative spectrum characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behavior, and is accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness.

Dissociative fugue - It is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality.


Psychogenic amnesia - Is a memory disorder characterized by sudden retrograde autobiographical memory loss, said to occur for a period of time ranging from hours to years.

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*Description on the back of the book is from Handbook of Personality Disorders by W. John Livesley and Understanding Personality Disorders by Duane L. Dobbert. And the front quote by Gabrielle Roth.*

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