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If you are one of the lucky few people asking “is dissociation real?” be glad. Maybe you find yourself asking can dissociation be helped? What is...

Being cut off from your emotions can have a devastating impact on your personal life and relationships. It affects your confidence and self-awareness, as well as how you interact...

Grounding techniques Practising regular grounding exercises can help you feel more secure, stable and connected to yourself, especially after a period of anxiety or dissociation...

A while back multiple personality disorder was the label used for dissociative identity disorder (DID). Films and books were the subject of what many saw as a sort of strange and...

All mental illnesses are surrounded by a lack of understanding as to what causes them and a lot of stigma and myths. One form of complex psychological condition which is often...

Examining the cause and effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and disassociation.  This comparison is an effective way to talk about topics using fictional examples...

The short answer is...no - that’s highly unlikely. ‘Losing my mind'. 'Going crazy'. 'Feeling hysterical.’ These are all disparaging terms for feeling overwhelmed...

Dissociation is at a basic level something we all do. We can have periods when we feel disconnected, like when you are driving along a familiar route and then realise you’ve...

A simple Internet search will no doubt bring you an overwhelming amount of information on the term dissociation, and it can be difficult to understand what dissociation means in...

First of all, what is and is not DID: DID is not multiple personality disorder – this is an old and inaccurate term.  DID is not a form of psychosis. DID is not a...