The word "dissociation" has grown in popularity and become embedded in everyday language, but while the term has gained ...
When you dissociate, you become so absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time. Marc Dufresne/Getty Images In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had an unfortunate Saturday routine. I ...
Dissociation is a common symptom in borderline personality disorder and is associated with an increased risk of suicidality and self-harm. Dialectical behavior therapist Anne Krause-Utz has written a ...
Dissociation is not a rare or imaginary condition but a common, trauma-driven survival strategy that alters awareness, memory ...
A new clinical handbook, Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice, by Helena Crockford, Melanie Goodwin, and Paul Langthorne, explains that dissociation is more than a brief loss of focus or a ...
Dissociating helps us survive trauma, but unwanted dissociation can stop us from fully living our lives. These grounding ...
This is part 1 in a series about rethinking the trauma response. The history of the study of trauma has included many missteps and misunderstandings and it has been difficult to shake these incorrect ...