Depersonalization in gender dysphoria: widespread and widely unrecognized

These are taken directly from clinical descriptions of <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/symptoms-causes/dxc-20318902" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">depersonalization and derealization</a>, symptoms which are generally characterized as “feelings of unreality” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Sierra, 2009; Steinberg, Cicchetti, Buchanan, Hall, & Rounsaville, 1993; Medford, 2012). This is not a matter of “delusion” — while these are considered dissociative symptoms, individuals who experience them without other dissociative conditions typically have an intact grasp of reality. They’re able to recognize and understand the real world in a normal way, but their experience of life and of their own existence takes on an unreal sensation. <a href="https://zinniajones.medium.com/depersonalization-in-gender-dysphoria-widespread-and-widely-unrecognized-baaac395bcb0">Website</a>