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Feeling Unreal- Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the
Self
By Daphne Simeon, MD Jeffrey Abugel
This new, definitive work about depersonalization reveals all there is to know
about the subject right now. A must-have for psychiatric professionals, people
suffering from the disorder, and their families.
The Stranger in the Mirror
By Marlene Steinberg Maxine Schnall
A classic study on dissociative disorders in general, with a decided emphasis on
cases triggered by abuse. Some mention of DPD.
Collision with the Infinite
By Suzanne Segal
One woman’s account of the sudden onset of complete depersonalization. While
diagnoses with the condition. The author pursues a lengthy autobiographical
account of her search to find meaning for years of living with “no self.”
The Experience of No Self: A Contemplative Journey
By Bernadette Roberts
Take a look a depersonalization from another angle: the perspective of a
“Christian contemplative.” If you perceive depersonalization as a possible
spiritual awakening, this read may prove of interest.
Amiel’s Journal
By Henri-Frederic Amiel
Back in print after many years in obscurity, this personal diary in two volumes
contains the best of some 17,000 journal entries, many dealing with the
sensations of depersonalization. It was from this writer that the term was
coined. A must-have for those wanting to explore the philosophical side of the
condition.
Nausea
By Jean Paul Sartre
The Bible of the depersonalized, Nausea relays the moment-to-moment thoughts of
a young man for whom things are unreal, or perhaps too real. Whether viewed as a
landmark work of existential philosophy or a first person account of the terror
of existence that often marks DPD, this work is an eye opener for many.
The Stranger
By Albert Camus
Chilling portrayal of the lack of affect often experienced by the chronically
depersonalized.
The Outsider
By Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson’s classic work about a select group of famous individuals who
exhibited genius, plus a touch of madness. Very relevant to people wanting to
further explore depersonalization and detachment from the self as exhibited in
highly creative and accomplished individuals.
LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process
By Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Oscar Janiger, MD
Compiled forty years after the late Oz Janiger’s studies on LSD and Creativity,
this book recounts the unique experiences of the participants in one of the most
cutting edge experiments of our time. Depersonalization, while under LSD, is
discussed and sheds some light on the experience in a unique context of an LSD
trip and provide some compelling theories about the nature of DP itself.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
By William James
The classic work by the renowned psychologist is an invaluable groundwork for
anyone studying depersonalization and like conditions and their relation to
spiritual experience.
Darkness Visible
By William Styron
Few people have described the pain of depression as accurately and articulately
as this award-winning novelist. If depression is part of your mental experience,
this book will be quite comforting.
The Book: On the Taboo of Knowing Who You Are
By Alan Watts
The philosopher’s well-known exploration of the “illusion” of the self, and how
to adjust to life with such realizations; a contemporary explanation of ancient
Vedantic traditions.
The Wisdom of Insecurity A Message for an Age of Anxiety
By Alan Watts
Watts’ classic interpretation of the reality of the moment and the liberation
that lay in the knowledge that human impermanence and insecurity are inescapable
and inseparable from life.
The Aleph and Other Stories
By Jorge Luis Borges
This Argentine writer's fiction touched upon the mysterious nature of the self
quite often, in many ways.
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