Dissociative Amnesia in PTSD and CPTSD as Survival
Dissociative amnesia can manifest in your not being able to feel certain emotions clearly anymore, or not remembering what happened to you.
Dissociative amnesia can manifest in your not being able to feel certain emotions clearly anymore, or not remembering what happened to you.
Dissociation is part and parcel of PTSD and Post-Traumatic Stress. Trauma pushes the energy out of the body into the head, into duality, and excessive thoughts.
How meditation can help with PTSD and how to go about it.
Often, it is very difficult to distinguish that your trigger and the emotional responses that come with it relate to your experienced trauma of the past, as your brain projects the danger almost perfectly onto the situation or person(s) at hand in the present.
The mindset of trying to overcome or get rid of your Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms is pervasive but is part of a dissociation response.
The mindset of trying to overcome or get rid of your Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms is pervasive, but is part of a dissociation response.
Dissociation, in terms of trauma, means a disconnection from an integrated sense of self in an attempt to survive an incident or period of overwhelming helplessness.
Dissociation is a safety mechanism, a way of dealing with the overwhelming experience of a traumatic event or period in life.
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The Processes of PTSD Dissociation and How to treat PTSD.