As Barlow and Durand (2015) said, individuals might have dissociative experiences after a very a very stressful event has occurred, which may cause individuals to feel detached from themselves or their surroundings, almost as if they are dreaming or living in slow motion (p. 195). In other words, an individual might develop dissociation as a defense mechanism that will allow him/her to escape or disconnect from thoughts, memories, emotions, or situations that are highly stressful and undesired. An individual might bury a feeling, though, or event from his/her awareness because it might be painful or stressful … for example, being unable to remember a family member’s funeral might be a dissociative mechanism.
Many of us have often experienced
Many of us have often experienced