In part one, we looked at how not noticing emotions till they hijack our mind, not labelling them appropriately and viewing them as adversaries instead of informers were some of the major obstacles that stopped us from feeling better. We took a good look at...
We previously came across dissociation in our discussion about anxiety, and how it is an unconscious coping mechanism used by the mind to deal with overwhelm. It is characterized by a sense of detachment from oneself or the environment and can manifest in various ways...
In our last discussion on dissociation, we looked at how it manifests in our day to day lives. From numbing out or disengaging with emotions to zoning out, that is breaking away attention from the current situation and retreating within our inner world, dissociation takes...
Last time, we looked at how It’s possible to have similar thought patterns to diagnosable mental health conditions, that cause anxiety or distress, while leading a ‘normal’ (even though there’s no such thing!) life, with a focus on panic. Today, let us explore dissociation and...