Questions tagged [dissociation]
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What is the "official" stance on the theory of structural dissociation?
From what I have heard, Nijenhuis's research is questionable, and ridden with abusive practices. Moreover, lots of the information that I am finding on this subject is sourced to biased seeming ...
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Is emotional detachment a maladaptive coping mechanism, an important skill for people thrust into extreme situations or both?
Reading the Wikipedia article about Emotional detachment raised my eyebrow.
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Emotional detachment is a maladaptive coping mechanism, which allows a person to react calmly to highly emotional ...
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What is dissociation?
When searching the internet for a definitive description of what dissociation is, I get a mixture of results which confuses.
Wikipedia states:
Dissociation, as a concept that has been developed over ...
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Can psychosis and dissociation coexist in a single episody?
Internet is plentifull of information about the differences between dissociation and psychosis, but I don't find any article that say if they can coexist in a single episody.
Psychosis is when people ...
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Does dissociative amnesia bring any evolutive advantage?
Dissociative amnesia may appear after you have experienced a threat where you are unable to produce either fight or flight response.
Can we ascribe any evolutive advantage to this course of events or ...
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