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Depersonalization and derealization, feelings of detachment from reality and/or the loss of the self, have appeared in literature and philosophy for centuries. This chapter explores the origins of the term depersonalization (Amiel’s Journal Intime), and descriptions of the depersonalization/derealization experience in works by Sartre and Camus, particularly Nausea and The Stranger. Similarities to Eastern no-self experiences are explored along with a variety of perspectives cited in Suzanne Segal’s Collision with the Infinite, Bernadette Roberts’s The Experience of No-Self, and the work of Virginia Woolf. The chapter also discusses the psychedelic experiences of Aldous Huxley and others and how they relate to depersonalization/derealization. Also, depersonalization-like experiences in relation to spiritual enlightenment are examined through scientific studies of the brain during meditation. |
