All of this speaks to dissociation as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it offers an emergency exit from reality when the body and mind need it most. But on the other hand, abuse survivors have gotten so much practice at dissociation that it often becomes automatic in times of stre...
When you arrive at the party, someone comes up to you and starts talking with you, and as this is happening, your mind starts racing, your heart begins pounding, you start sweating, and it feels almost like you're dissociating from yourself, like it's an out-of-body experience, and yo...
Becoming responsible for someone else at a young age can make us overly attentive to survival needs. When I started caring for my mom and brother at eight years old, I learned that if I didn’t keep up with meals and laundry, my family wouldn’t eat or have clean clothes. Our HSP mi...
“I just thought that’s something for someone else.” And so they graduated in a moment when banking wasn’t just a reasonable thing to do—it was the only thing to do. Down’s brother-in-law went to Oxford a half-decade later, Down says, and the plates had already ...
Someone asked me; Justice Wigneswaran! you have been a Supreme Court Judge. You have been a Chief Minister. You were much respected during the time you held these offices. After becoming a Member of Parliament you have suddenly become provocative. Why? Are you getting ready for the Provincia...
“I was on my phone,” she says, “completely dissociating. I was like, I really don’t like what we’re doing, but I’m going to let everyone feel out what they’re working on.” Cook sensed her discomfort and sent the other players home. The two decided to stick to their ...
” which meant I was dissociating from so much of the living that I really was doing. Debilitating unconscious beliefs are what power some of our most ingrained behaviours and in the end, create our reality. I often had a feeling of not really being here. I seemed to watch some of life...
If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him. —Hippocrates Metaphysics is a philosophy that methodically investigates the nature of first principles and problems of ultimate real...
Every story has to have conflict. A story without conflict is boring. I don't want to read about how someone has it all together. How do you write a good conflict of a story? What is conflict, anyway? And why do you even need it in your story? You probably hate fighting. So why...
Had to work so hard to find a way to limit my exposure by dissociating and suppressing, however, this led to difficulty creating healthy relationships, self team, insecurity, and impostor syndrome it held me back for most of my life until I decided to take control of my destiny, Therapy ...