Description:
Publié pour la première fois en 2011, Étranger à moi-même est devenu un ouvrage culte et populaire dans le domaine de la littérature sur la conscience et l'étude du soi. Écrit par le co-auteur de Se sentir irréel, la dépersonnalisation et la perte du soi (Oxford University Press, 2005, 2023), ce livre propose de nombreux témoignages personnels et une exploration approfondie de la biologie, de la psychologie et de la spiritualité d'un trouble rarement étudié et souvent mal compris le trouble de dépersonnalisation-déréalisation.
Review Quotes:
Depersonalization, a feeling of "I am not myself," puzzles medicine and philosophy. It is a disorder difficult to diagnose, painful to bear and hard to treat. It relates to the philosophical cornerstones of consciousness and reality and reveals questions every person struggles with. Jeffrey Abugel's book arrives, not only as a long-awaited companion on depersonalization for patients, families, and mental practitioners, but also a companion to the part of life that involves discovering oneself and shaping one's identity.
Depersonalization was first described not by a physician or a scientist. It took a poet and writer, Henri-Frederick Amiel, who agonized with feelings of a lost self, to grasp the phenomenon. And now, more than century later, it took another poet and writer, Jeff Abugel, who himself suffered with full-blown depersonalization, to express the personalization-depersonalization journey for modern times. Poignant and elegant autobiographical prose, reflections of the author's own experiences of self-inquiry, provide a powerful and revealing understanding of depersonalization. This book proves that this hurtful condition can open ways to realize important aspects of the self and grow towards a deeper, more fulfilling life.
-Elena Bezzubova M.D., Ph.D., College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, and New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.
Jeff Abugel has taken a mental shovel and dug deep into his brave and personal account of the mysterious, frightening, bizarre condition of Depersonalization. An absolute must read for anyone who has a brain skating on the thin ice of depression, anxiety, depersonalization and just being alive. For long term sufferers, Stranger To My Self will prove illuminating and a better friend than your dog. For new sufferers, you will save years of wondering, "What %#@* is wrong with me," and thousands of dollars seeing doctors who haven't a clue what you're talking about. This book provides all the state-of-the-art info you'll need to understand, learn, get better and not kill yourself before your time.
-Harris Goldberg, writer/director, Numb
Stranger To My Self is one of the utmost comprehensive, refreshing enlightening, relieving, and unprecedented pieces of literature on Depersonalization Disorder. A wake-up call for one of the most overlooked plights of the human condition. A must read for people who suffer and do not suffer from this.
-Jonathan Caouette, filmmaker, Tarnation