Depersonalization & derealization: The unexplored scope of homeopathy

Abstract

Depersonalization and derealization (DP/DR) are dissociative symptoms where individuals feel detached from themselves or the world. Although increasingly recognized in psychiatry, these conditions remain misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Homeopathy-through its holistic, constitutional, and mind-body approach-offers unique tools to address the emotional, psychological, and energetic dimensions underlying DP/DR. This article discusses the phenomenology, triggers, and underlying mechanisms of DP/DR and presents a homeopathic perspective with key remedy pictures and repertorial rubrics.