The expression "I lost myself" rolls off the lips fairly easily. But it's a real thing for some people.
For a variety of reasons, there are people who walk the Earth who feel like they are either missing parts of themselves--the "self" is gone--or actually believe they are dead.
Anil Ananthaswamy tells some of the startling stories in The Man Who Wasn't There. Anil visited shortly after the book's original release; we return to the interview here.