lose touch
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Psychosis is a mental health condition where someone can lose touch with reality, involving symptoms like hallucinations and delusions.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
“Just when did it happen,” Roy asks himself, “when exactly did you lose touch with your own humanity?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But when they are bulldozed, their inhabitants lose touch with friends, documents, caseworkers, and public services.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
The 23-year-old folk singer from Chihuahua, Mexico, first touched hearts with the release of his single, “Amor Viejo,” in which he expresses to a lover his desire to never lose touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
“His success among the white man never has made him lose touch with black reality,” Malcolm X said of Parks once.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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