Cambridge Depersonalization Scale, CDS Test - the question form

1. Sometimes I feel unreal or as if cut off from the world around me.

2. At times, I feel unreal or as if I am cut off from the world around me.

3. Everything I see around me looks flat and lifeless, as if in a picture.

4. Everything I see around me looks flat and lifeless, as if in a picture.

5. I feel as if parts of my body do not belong to me.

6. It feels as though parts of my body do not belong to me.

7. I do not get upset or frightened in situations that would normally upset or frighten me.

8. I do not feel upset or frightened in situations that would normally upset or frighten me.

9. I no longer get pleasure from my favorite activities.

10. I no longer get enjoyment from my usual favorite activities.

11. Sometimes, when I am doing something, I feel as if I am watching myself from the outside.

12. Sometimes, when I am doing something, I feel as if I am watching myself from the outside.

13. The taste of food no longer gives me either pleasure or disgust.

14. The taste of food no longer gives me any pleasure or disgust.

15. Sometimes I do not feel the weight of my body, as if it were floating in the air.

16. Sometimes I do not feel the weight of my body, as if it were floating in the air.

17. When I laugh or cry, I do not feel any emotion.

18. When I laugh or cry, I feel no emotion.

19. At times, I feel as if I have no thoughts, and the words I speak come out by themselves.

20. At times, it feels as if I have no thoughts at all, and the words I speak come out by themselves.

21. Familiar voices (including my own) seem distant and unreal.

22. Familiar voices (including my own) seem distant and unreal.

23. At times, my limbs seem to become larger or smaller.

24. At times, I feel as if my arms or legs become larger or smaller.

25. It feels as if there is a kind of veil between me and the outside world, and everything seems unreal and unfamiliar.

26. I feel as though there is a veil between me and the outside world, and everything seems unreal and unfamiliar.

27. At times, things I have just done seem as if they actually happened quite a long time ago (for example, something I did this morning can feel as if it was weeks ago).

28. Sometimes it seems to me that something I have just done actually happened quite a long time ago (for example, I did something this morning, but it feels as if it was several weeks ago).

29. At times, it feels as if I am looking at myself from the outside, as if at my reflection in a mirror.

30. I sometimes feel as if I am looking at myself from the outside, as if I were my reflection in a mirror.

31. It feels as if everything I remember about myself did not really happen.

32. It feels as though everything I remember about myself did not really happen.

33. When I am in a new situation, I feel as though what is happening is already familiar to me.

34. When I am in a new situation, I feel as if what is happening is already familiar.

35. Sometimes I feel no emotional attachment to my family and close friends.

36. At times, I lose any sense of emotional attachment to my family and close friends.

37. The objects around me seem smaller and farther away than they really are.

38. Objects around me seem smaller and farther away than they really are.

39. When I touch something with my hands, it feels as if they are not my hands, but someone else’s.

40. When I touch something with my hands, it feels as if they are not my hands, but someone else’s.

41. I cannot picture familiar images in my mind, such as a close friend's face or a familiar place.

42. I am unable to picture familiar images, for example the face of a close friend or a familiar place.

43. When something hurts, the pain feels so distant, as if it were not mine.

44. When I am in pain, it feels so distant, as if it is not mine.

45. I feel as though I am outside my body.

46. I feel as though I am outside my body.

47. When I move, it feels as if I am not in control of my movements and I act automatically, like a robot.

48. When I move, it feels as if I am not in control of my movements and I act automatically, like a robot.

49. Smells no longer give me any pleasure or disgust.

50. Smells no longer give me any pleasure or disgust.

51. My thoughts feel so detached from me that it seems as if they have a life of their own.

52. My thoughts feel so detached from me that it seems as if they have a life of their own.

53. To make sure that I have a body and that I am real, I need to touch myself.

54. I need to touch myself to reassure myself that I have a body and that I am real.

55. I feel as if I have lost the ability to experience bodily sensations (for example, hunger or thirst), and when I eat or drink it seems to happen automatically.

56. I feel as if I have lost the ability to feel bodily sensations (e.g., hunger or thirst), and when I eat or drink it seems to happen automatically.

57. Familiar places look unfamiliar, as if I had never seen them before.

58. Places that are familiar to me look unfamiliar, as if I have never seen them before.