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Mental health experts say that both dissociation and disassociation − two terms often used interchangeably − are common for those who've been through trauma.
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Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In another form of dissociation, called derealization, people may experience time in slow motion, or their surroundings may not feel real.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
Emerging from environmental dissociation Sept. 11, 2024 Feeling climate anxiety?
—Jade S. Sasser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Coming up with guidelines for how to assess cognitive motor dissociation will be the focus of future work, the team says.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2024
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Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In another form of dissociation, called derealization, people may experience time in slow motion, or their surroundings may not feel real.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
Emerging from environmental dissociation Sept. 11, 2024 Feeling climate anxiety?
—Jade S. Sasser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Coming up with guidelines for how to assess cognitive motor dissociation will be the focus of future work, the team says.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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