Fedal Saini

The art of permeability: A computational distinction between depersonalisation and advanced meditation

October 20, 2026 Fedal Saini, Hagar Tal, Ruben Laukkonen et al. preprint

First-person reports reveal a surprising convergence between symptoms of depersonalisation disorder (DPD) and certain forms of advanced meditation (AM). In both, individuals describe a fading, and even disappearance, of the ordinarily stable sense of being an embodied self. Yet the experiential tone and functional consequences strikingly differ. In DPD this alteration is endured as distressing...