Dissociation

Dissociation can occur in the context of any of the anxiety disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Specific Phobias In this context, dissociation occurs to protect you from the constant anxiety & stress put on your system by your anxiety…

Myth: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is extremely rare. Fact: Worldwide, about 1.1% of people in the community meet criteria for DID. That’s the same percentage of people who meet criteria for Schizophrenia. Myth: DID is made up. Fact: Neuroimaging techniques such as MRIs of the…

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder) is a diagnosis that covers symptoms falling into these categories: Memory problems Disremembered actions Trance symptoms Depersonalization symptoms Derealization symptoms Somatoform symptoms Manifestation of self-states Memory problems in DID involve memory loss that’s more severe than…

There is a category of dissociative disorders: Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Identity Disorder Depersonalization Disorder: This involves a sense of detachment from self. It may be experienced as being an observer of yourself, or of your actions, feelings, and thoughts. Derealization Disorder:…

So, let’s talk a little bit about how we think about how chronic, problematic dissociation develops. Dissociation as a response to perception of threat. This evaluation happens at an unconscious and instantaneous level. When the perception is that we cannot fight our way out or…

Dissociation is about disconnection and fragmentation, or lack of continuity and coherence. When we talk about dissociation we may be talking about the experience of dissociation, which varies from normative to more dysfunctional level of experience. When we talk about dissociation we may be talking…