Table 1. Narratives of disembodiment as described by the items of the Anomalous Body Experiences subscale of the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale.

Parts of my body feel as if they didn't belong to me.

Whilst doing something I have the feeling of being a “detached observer” of myself.

My body feels very light, as if it were floating on air.

Familiar voices (including my own) sound remote and unreal.

Whilst fully awake I have “visions” in which I can see myself outside, as if I were looking my image in a mirror.

I cannot feel properly the objects that I touch with my hands for, it feels as if it were not me who were touching it.

I have the feeling of being outside my body.

When I move it doesn't feel as if I were in charge of the movements, so that I feel ‘automatic’ and mechanical as if I were a ‘robot’.

I have to touch myself to make sure that I have a body or a real existence.

Anomalous Body Experiences [5] according to the corresponding items of the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale [9].