Our mission
Unreal reaches out to people of lived experience of Depersonalisation and Derealisation and their carers and families. We seek to raise awareness of Depersonalisation and Derealisation, to provide support and to promote involvement through providing up to date information, signposting, networking, the sharing of experiences and by celebrating success.
Our Ambassadors
Our amazing ambassadors volunteer their time to support Unreal, helping us to reach more people and promoting our work more widely.
Professor Anthony David
Tony David was an honorary consultant at the Maudsley Hospital from 1990-2018 and Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London in 2013-8. He has been the director of the UCL Institute of Mental Health since 2018.
Professor David has a wide range of research interests including neuropsychiatry and neuroimaging. He started researching depersonalisation Disorder (DP) in the 1990s and set up the Depersonalisation Research Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry and subsequently established the first NHS clinic for DP at the Maudsley Hospital. He has published many scientific articles on the topic and co-authored a self-help book “Overcoming depersonalisation and feelings of unreality”.
Professor David is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a member of the Experimental Psychology Society and a founder member of both the British Neuropsychological Society and British Neuropsychiatry Association.
dR ELAINE HUNTER
Elaine is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has worked with Depersonalisation and Derealisation Disorder since 1999. She has conducted research into improving psychological treatment of the condition and worked clinically to try to help many people with the condition.
In March 2019 she set up The Depersonalisation Clinic to allow her freedom to see a wider range of clients. In the last few years she has collaborated with many involved with Unreal in trying to raise awareness of DPDR as well as improving access to treatment and increasing research funding. She suggested that a charity specifically for DPDR would be beneficial and helped to found Unreal.
dodie
dodie is a singer songwriter from Epping, who has built her growing fanbase independently and organically since she was 16.
Originally posting her music on YouTube, dodie has now released 1 LP + 3 EPs which have charted in the UK, US Billboard, and Australian album charts. Most notably her debut album Build A Problem reached #3 in the UK Albums Chart in 2021.
FOSTER
Foster is a 25 year old recording artist and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Beginning by posting tracks on SoundCloud at the age of 14, he has grown to become a well rooted artist in the Lofi Rap world, claiming over 100 million streams on his viral debut single and releasing his debut EP in late 2022.
Slightly before starting his journey as a musician, Foster developed a chronic form of DPRD that now plays a heavy role in his lyrical subject matter and creativity.
