Ned seeks therapy after having recurrent episodes of feeling "detached from himself" for several months,but he has not lost his self-awareness or memory.He notes that he feels like a robot,disconnected from his movements and actions.He also says that sometimes he feels like he "is no longer real." He is most likely suffering from

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Ned's symptoms are consistent with depersonalization disorder, which is characterized by a persistent feeling of being detached from one's thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences, as if watching oneself from outside the body. This condition does not involve memory loss or a loss of self-awareness, which rules out dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue. It also does not involve the presence of multiple identities, which rules out dissociative identity disorder.

Ned Seeks Therapy After Having Recurrent Episodes of Feeling "Detached