Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.
Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...
The word "dissociation" has grown in popularity and become embedded in everyday language, but while the term has gained ...
Dissociation has made it into the meme hall of fame, appearing in innumerable posts about situations in which we might feel ...
Dissociation is not a rare or imaginary condition but a common, trauma-driven survival strategy that alters awareness, memory ...
Dissociative identity disorder is mainly treated with talk therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps change negative ...
On this week’s MI Healthy Mind, you’ll get to meet Sarah Desjardins, who to all outward appearances, is an engaging, highly intelligent, well-adjusted and successful woman. No one, not even Sarah ...
We all dissociate. We plan our weddings while staring out at our backyards during breakfast. We get in our cars after a long day of work and somehow float home. We scroll through dozens of TikToks and ...
Sydney Hegele, the author of The Pump, recently published a clear-eyed essay about falling in love after their diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder (DID), still widely known by its former ...