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 ...

Back when I had a severe dissociative disorder, I was a dream employee. I felt nothing, so nothing could get in the way of my work. I could power through it all: sleep deprivation, burnout, hunger, ...

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 ...

I tried everything to fix my severe dissociation. EMDR was the only thing that worked. The first time someone described EMDR to me, it sounded like new-age quackery. Then again, I wasn’t exactly ...

Signs of childhood sexual abuse in adults can include mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It may also manifest as self-harming behavior.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...