Dissociation

There is something to be said about with whom a person goes into business. In the 1980’s, my brother and two friends formed a partnership doing surveying in Colorado. Shortly after getting established, the two friends ousted my brother and took all of the money. There was an IRS audit in which a gain was determined, and my brother was included in the assessment. He quietly paid it, then one day, he received all of his money back; his “friends” paid the assessment not knowing it was paid. We…

Lucid dreaming is paradoxical for it contains factors of both dream consciousness and waking consciousness. It is also a state of dissociation, the mental process of disconnection from thought, emotion, and sense of identity. (Hobson, 2009) Paul Tholey described the characteristics of lucid dreaming as: full awareness of the dream state, awareness of the possibility of making free decisions…

There is an ongoing need for the development of culturally meaningful and appropriate mental health services for marginalised populations. Individuals with refugee backgrounds, many of whom have experienced vast exposure to highly traumatic events, constitute such a population. However, working this homogenous population presents mental health services with a unique set of challenges. It is to the development, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services for individuals with refugee…

Victims suffering from dissociation may be putting themselves back into harm’s way as their ability to protect themselves weakens when face to face with a similar threat from their past experiences. These psychological effects when focusing on re-victimization were further investigated…

Corruption and power are two poisons that plague the world, and their reach spreads to every imaginable corner. History can be seen as a double-edged sword, as there is always another side to a perspective, another voice that can rival what was previously known. When assessing a major historical event, time is needed as not every detail is discovered in that present moment. However, the feelings and memories of the event are long-lasting and can be written down as a window into the crisis. One…

Ehling et al. (2007) also learned that DID patients show decreased size of the volumes in the parahippocampal gyrus and that change in volume is strongly related to psychoform and somatoform dissociation (as cited in Dorahy et al., 2014). In addition to SPECT and MRI scanning tests, functional brain imaging such as PET and fMRI supported the validity of DID. Different brain functions have been found among different personality states in DID patients. Especially in the PET test conducted by…

Merton’s anomie theory was differing from Durkheim, which more correlated with crime and deviance, rather than ‘normlessness’. Merton (1938) formulated the anomie theory using Durkheim in arguing that deviance can be regarded as ‘a symptom of dissociation between culturally defined aspirations and socially structured means’. In his perception, ‘culturally defined aspirations’ and ‘socially structured means’ governing goal achievement (Merton, 1938). This also means that disorder is with norms,…

Maltreated children are at risk for significant psychological and physical health symptoms. These include anxiety, depression, somatic complaints, suicide, impulsivity, hyperactivity, interpersonal problems intrusive thoughts, hyper arousal, and dissociation (Lawson, 2009). Maltreated children develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at rates ranging from 20% to 63% (Blaustein, et al.,…

Amir and Hassan have an extremely unique relationship. Like traditional childhood friends, they often read stories and got into mischief together; however, their relationship became significantly more complicated when these two young children were put into a complex, adult situation. In the beginning of the novel, Amir and Hassan were viewed by the reader as friends with an unusual bond having been nurtured by the same wet nurse. Comparatively, both boys grew up without a motherly figure, but…

film that released in 1990 is a beautiful film directed by Bruce Joel Rubin starred Tim Robin, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello. The story line goes where A Haunted Vietnam war veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation where he deciphers reality and life from his own dreams, delusions and perceptions of death. Suspense remains at its hilt and that makes the film a better…