Disconnected From Reality
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Dr. Shirai works at the Yotsuya Yui Clinic for mental health treatment for English and Portuguese-speaking patients. He treats a wide range of patients from neurodevelopmental disorders to dementia in children and participates in knowledge sharing through the Diversity Clinic.
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
Derealization is a mental condition in which you feel detached from your surroundings and people and objects appear to be unreal. Stress caused by major relationship, financial, or work-related problems, Depression or anxiety, using recreational drugs, alcohol are possible causes.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Suicidal thought
Recent weight loss
Difficulty breathing / breathlessness
Decrease in sleeping desire
Easy fatiguability
Palpitation
Possible causes
- Sleep disorder
Sleep disorders are conditions that affect the quality, timing or duration of your sleep, impacting your ability to function when you are awake. There are many types of sleep disorders, they include disturbances in the quality or quantity of sleep or excessive daytime sleepiness, abnormal behaviors that occur during sleep, sleep disorder related to a mental disorder and many more.
- Adjustment disorder
A psychological disorder, often with low mood and anxiety. It is triggered by a sudden change in life circumstances, e.g. divorce or losing a job.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
A mental illness in which a patient has uncontrollable, recurring thoughts, ideas or sensations (Obsessions) that make them feel driven to do something repeatedly such as cleaning or washing their hands (compulsions). Although the cause of OCD is not fully known, experts believe that neurochemical abnormalities play a part in the disease.
- Depression
- Depressive
- Bipolar disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Hyperventilation syndrome . panic disorder
- Anxiety
Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom
Do you have a sense of unreality of feeling that events or surroundings are not real?
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Reviewed By:
Yu Shirai, MD (Psychiatry)
Dr. Shirai works at the Yotsuya Yui Clinic for mental health treatment for English and Portuguese-speaking patients. He treats a wide range of patients from neurodevelopmental disorders to dementia in children and participates in knowledge sharing through the Diversity Clinic.
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Obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN)
National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan