Depersonalization is a psychological term that Frankl applies to newly-liberated prisoners. In this state, man looses his connection with reality, and everything feels to him as if it is happening in a dream.
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Depersonalization Term Timeline in Man’s Search for Meaning
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Experiences in a Concentration Camp
The psychological term for what was happening to them is “depersonalization,” in which everything seems dreamlike and unreal. The prisoners had confused their dreams with reality...
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