Dissociation and detachment

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THE BODY AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

You are your body: here’s how to feel more at home in it

Just because you live in a body, doesn’t mean you feel at one with it. Embodiment psychology can help you reconnect

by Elna Schütz

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DISSOCIATION AND DETACHMENT

The therapeutic potential, and addictive lure, of losing yourself

In ketamine therapy and other contexts, dissociation is seen as an unwanted side-effect. But what if there’s more to it?

by Shayla Love

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DISSOCIATION AND DETACHMENT

Using his body as a canvas, Jean-François recalls getting lost in unreality

Directed by Jean-François Boisvenue

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THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS

More than survival

I suffered from PTSD for 10 years without knowing it. Psychodynamic therapy set me free

by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

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DISSOCIATION AND DETACHMENT

How to cope when life seems unreal

If you feel detached from the world, you might be going through depersonalisation. Be reassured, there are ways to recover

by Shaun O Connor

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DISSOCIATION AND DETACHMENT

When reality slips through your fingers: in search of dissociation

Pinning down the slippery strangeness of dissociation is like grappling with a bar of soap, but it badly needs a definition

by Emma Černis

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TRAUMA AND PTSD

A harrowing encounter with the Taliban has stayed with me

Taken captive, I thought the Taliban were going to kill me. The impact of the out-of-body experience I had has been profound

by Sasha Kassam