Understanding Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Disorder is a mental health condition where a person might feel disconnected from their thoughts, memories, feelings, surroundings, or even their sense of identity. It's like parts of their experience of self get separated, and they don't always feel in control of it. It often develops as a way to cope with really stressful or traumatic events. Kind of like the mind's way of protecting itself from painful memories. But instead of helping, this disconnect can start to cause problems in everyday life, like trouble focusing, remembering things, or feeling present. There are 3 main types of Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Dissociative Amnesia, and Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder. There's also something called dissociative fugue, which can happen with dissociative amnesia. That's when someone suddenly forgets who they are and might even travel or end up somewhe...