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 ...

After my first panic attack, I felt robotic. I remember looking down at my hands and feeling like they were no longer my own. I placed my hand on a mirror and felt physically and mentally disconnected ...

Many can relate to a passing feeling of disconnection or detachment every so often, but if you've suddenly found yourself in a constant state of detachment, experiencing visual distortions, or perhaps ...

When I look around my room, I see a laptop, a lamp, a coffee cup, and various other odds and ends. The temperature in the room is cool. I hear the rain falling outside and the occasional dog bark.

PORTLAND, Maine — Depersonalization-derealization disorder is a mental health condition often linked to trauma, especially in childhood. While statistics indicate it affects a very small percentage of ...

Trauma-related dissociation consists of several subtypes, with unique brain signatures depending on type of dissociative disorders, new research suggests. Results from a neuroimaging study showed that ...

Bo Burnham's "Inside" includes the song lyric: "Googling 'derealization,' hating what you find." The mental health term "derealization" describes the sensation that you're surroundings aren't real.

The first-year student in my office was terrified. Here he was, finally living on the campus of the college he had dreamed of attending, and instead of joy, he experienced an unsettling sense of ...