Dissociation

  Any statement such as this when we are talking about such complex issues as dissociation and attachment is necessarily simplistic, and it is also largely true. According to our current understanding, the capacity to use dissociation is learned in very early childhood if children…

  Dissociation is a coping strategy and a symptom that is often associated with complex trauma. And EMDR is a therapy that can rapidly uncover this symptom given it was developed as a treatment for PTSD. That is why if you know that you struggle…

Consider this a public service announcement. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) does exist, and is not actually as unusual and rare as many have been taught to believe. Unfortunately, there remains a great deal of misunderstanding out there about DID, even among mental health professionals. It…

  Dissociation is an often-misunderstood experience. Dissociation can mean different things to different people. At its most basic, whoever, it is when a person experiences a disconnect from themselves or the world. Dissociation is a symptom that can be experienced during panic attacks and anxiety…

Grounding skills help reorient a person to the present to the here-and-now. They are vitals tools to have when you deal with anxiety, flashbacks and dissociation. Touch is a very important grounding skill and is pretty much available to you at all times. One way…

Grounding skills help reorient a person to the present to the here-and-now. They are vitals tools to have when you deal with anxiety, flashbacks and dissociation. Grounding with sound can be as simple as listening for what sounds you hear around you in the here…