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 ...

Dissociation is more than a buzzword on social media. While the term is sometimes tossed around to describe feeling temporarily checked out, dissociation is a very real process that involves a serious ...

Dissociative Disorders are conditions that involve the breakdown of memory. Dissociation is a mental process that produces a lack of connection in our thoughts, a separation of emotions, physical ...

Dissociation describes a disconnect between a person and their emotions, surroundings, or memories. Some people use the term to casually describe zoning out in the face of something boring or ...

Myths about DID paint it as a rare, untreatable condition that involves extreme personality changes. In reality, people with DID switch identities because they don't have a single unified identity.

There are times when "zoning out" is something more than just daydreaming. Sometimes it is dissociation, which is the ability to unconsciously remove yourself from threatened or inflicted pain or ...

Everyone is “dissociating.” Over the past few years, it’s become an open-source cultural term, ripe for applying (or misapplying) to all kinds of circumstances where people feel the need to turn off ...

Ever felt butterflies in your stomach or nothing at all during sex? Here’s how you can bring yourself back. Many people come to therapy looking to resolve sexual problems they are having. Sometimes, ...