Soft dissociation often shows up when the nervous system is mildly overwhelmed but not in crisis. Instead of fight-or-flight, ...

Living with chronic illness often means living in a body that hurts. The pain can be searing or dull; intermittent or constant; affecting the body as a whole or specific body parts. Experiencing pain ...

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 ...

Feeling numb or as though you're living on autopilot? This may be a sign of dissociation, a nervous system response to overwhelm, according to clinical psychologists. However, 'zoning out' may not be ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...