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Depersonalization (loss of the sense of reality as it pertains to the self) and derealization (loss of the sense of reality as it pertains to the environment) occur ubiquitously. They belong together and are two phases of one process.
Derealization represents the withdrawal of cathexis from an environment that is felt to be frustrating and dangerous.