Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that for individuals who experience trauma, the presence of dissociation - a profound feeling of detachment from one's sense of self or ...

The first time someone described EMDR to me, it sounded like new-age quackery. Then again, I wasn’t exactly opposed. In an attempt to understand and overcome my severe dissociation and lack of empathy ...

A man is reported with the almost unique combination of severe ridge dissociation and ridges running vertically off the end of his fingertips. Two of his children have mild ridge dissociation, and his ...

Dissociation is often misunderstood, even among mental health providers, largely because it’s not a widely taught or well-recognized subject in many clinical training programs. Yet, for many ...

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms—such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb—that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the ...

Trauma-related dissociation consists of several subtypes, with unique brain signatures depending on type of dissociative disorders, new research suggests. Results from a neuroimaging study showed that ...

You’re scrolling through social media and, (seemingly) suddenly, two hours have passed. What happened? According to researchers at the University of Washington, you might have been dissociating. Which ...

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 ...

One in four severe brain injury patients had cognitive-motor dissociation detected on EEG or fMRI. Despite appearing unresponsive, these patients repeatedly showed covert consciousness. Younger age, ...

Picture this: You and your partner are in the middle of an argument. Maybe it started over something small—a forgotten text, an offhand comment. But within minutes, voices are raised, feelings are ...