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[[Derealization]] also known as '''DR''' is the feeling that the real world or [[objective reality]] is not ''real''. Individuals suffering from derealization feel that their real life external surroundings are lacking in depths, colors or vibrancy. Derealization is often associated with related to another dissociative feeling called [[depersonalization]], the feeling that one self is not real.

Researchers from Fernand-Seguin Research Center in Montréal, Québec, Canada found that being [[immersed]] in an [[VR]] environment increases the feelings of derealization and other associative experiences depersonalization and reduces the sense of [[presence]] in objective reality.<ref name="Research_Gate">http://www.researchgate.net/publication/45658815_Virtual_Reality_Induces_Dissociation_and_Lowers_Sense_of_Presence_in_Objective_Reality</ref> When compared to individuals with no prior dissociative symptoms, individuals with pre-existing symptoms of derealization and depersonalization showed greater increase in their dissociative symptoms after exposure to VR. However they did not show greater loss of presence in objective reality than individuals with no prior symptoms.<ref name="Research_Gate">http://www.researchgate.net/publication/45658815_Virtual_Reality_Induces_Dissociation_and_Lowers_Sense_of_Presence_in_Objective_Reality</ref>