How to Use depersonalization in a Sentence
depersonalization
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Giving up four hours of depersonalization for 160 hours of feeling like myself is worth it, to me.
— Nylah Burton, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2022 -
Michels said depersonalization or feeling as if one is in a video game is common.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023 -
While this is sound advice, homeowners can take the depersonalization process too far, Dr. Graham said.
— Diane Stopyra, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019 -
Along with depersonalization and emotional exhaustion, it’s one of the three primary signs of burnout.
— Anna Codrea-Rado, refinery29.com, 9 Sep. 2021 -
The piece is a protest against depersonalization, and indeed mortality itself, that pulses with life.
— Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021 -
The end clients experience the depersonalization of the acquiring firm.
— John Pierce, Forbes, 7 June 2022 -
This isn’t a necessarily a bad thing if that data is being used to make communication easier and faster, but there are questions about the depersonalization that might result.
— Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 11 May 2018 -
Photo: IStock For some people, this system goes awry in a condition called depersonalization.
— Helen Thomson, WSJ, 29 June 2018 -
For Kusama, the depersonalization experienced in these rooms has a moral significance.
— Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Doctors now face a burnout epidemic: thirty-five per cent of them show signs of high depersonalization, a type of emotional withdrawal that makes personal connections with their patients difficult.
— Eric Topol, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2019 -
Niciu and colleagues report that acute experiences of 'depersonalization' in response to a dose of ketamine predicts the subsequent improvement in depression symptoms (HAMD17 score) after 7 days.
— Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2018 -
Burnout — the exhaustion (physical, mental and emotional) caused by workplace stress that leads to disengagement and depersonalization — contributes to moral suffering/distress among nurses and health care providers.
— Lauren Ghazal, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023 -
For example, a 2010 study found that people were more likely to experience symptoms of depersonalization following a VR immersion.
— Marta Ra, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 -
According to the Maslach Burnout Inventory, burnout occurs when three factors are present at the same time: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment.
— Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021 -
Even her title, My Body, suggests conflicting things: ownership and depersonalization.
— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Derealization and depersonalization refer to feelings that the external world and your own self, respectively, are unreal.
— John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 June 2022 -
The new paper uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study amnesia, along with various other dissociative experiences that are often said to occur in the wake of severe child abuse, such as feelings of unreality and depersonalization.
— Joshua Kendall, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2021 -
People with dissociative psychiatric conditions such as derealization or depersonalization syndrome report that their perceptual worlds, even their own selves, lack a sense of reality.
— Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2019 -
As for relationships, look out for depersonalization and becoming easily irritated or resentful towards loved ones.
— Josh Felber, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 -
Complicating matters, depersonalization also crops up frequently as a symptom of common mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
— Ruth Davis Konigsberg, Marie Claire, 10 Feb. 2016 -
Those symptoms generally fall into one of three buckets: emotional exhaustion, impact to personal accomplishment, and depersonalization, or feeling disconnected from one’s self.
— Pratibha Gopalakrishna, STAT, 9 Sep. 2020 -
Burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment, can significantly impact the well-being and quality of care provided by HCPs.
— Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023 -
Maslach defined burnout as a psychological syndrome involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment for people working in challenging situations.
— Denise Russo, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 -
Symptoms of burnout include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lower self-evaluation (sense of personal accomplishment).
— Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 May 2020
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