Resources
Videos
What is Depersonalisation?
Six people talk about their experiences of Depersonalisation and Derealisation and their journey to recovery.
DPD Diaries
Unreal board member Joe Perkins has his own YouTube Channel DPD Diaries, where he talks in depth about his experience of Depersonalisation and Derealisation Disorder. In this video, Joe talks to Unreal founder Jane Charlton about her experiences of Derealisation.
Jen talks about her personal experience of Depersonalisation and Derealisation Disorder and answers some of your questions with a particular focus on coping mechanisms. This video is part of our ‘Live session’ series. You’ll find more on our YouTube channel.
Media
Photograph: Kyle Jones
dodie: Sometimes it feels like I'm not real
By Steve Holden, 10 December 2018, BBC News
Unreal ambassador dodie talks to the BBC about her experience with DPRD.
Adam Eley report for Victoria Derbyshire
26 September 2017
For people living with depersonalisation disorder the world appears unreal, as if through a haze or fog - or even in 2D.
Many are emotionally numb, unable to feel love even for their own family.
Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
Depersonalisation disorder: the condition you’ve never heard of that affects millions
Howard Swains, 4 September 2015, The Guardian
BBC Three
Photograph: Alamy
BBC 5 live
Audio
Depersonalisation Disorder: It felt like reality was breaking apart
Shaun O'Connor, 30 May 2019, BBC Three
What would it feel like to smoke cannabis and never sober up? That's how this relatively undiagnosed mental health condition can make sufferers feel.
I was terrified when my mind detached from my body – this is depersonalisation
Hannah Ewens, Tuesday 29 December 2015, The Guardian
On holiday with her family, Hannah looked in the mirror and saw a stranger.
'It's quite freaky, like something's prodding my brain'
Ciaran Tracey, BBC Radio 5 live, 25 July 2017
Unreal ambassador dodie talks about her experience of DPRD and tries a trans-cranial magnetic stimulation.
BMJ Talk Medicine
"Watching the world through a clear fog" - recognising depersonalisation and derealisation.
Dr Elaine Hunter and mental health writer and podcaster Daniel Whittaker about DPRD.
Research Articles & Publications
Overcoming Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality (2nd Edition)
A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques.
Available from all good book retailers.
Primary Care Guidance: Assessing severity of depersonalisation and derealisation symptoms. BMJ, 2017
This infographic provides primary care guidance for clinicians assessing the severity of DPRD symptoms in patients. This infographic can be useful for patients to give to their doctor or mental health professional if they feel it is appropriate.