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Are Flashbacks a Dissociative Symptom?
Dissociation is generally considered to be a defense mechanism because it distances us from painful or unacceptable realities (e.g., depersonalization, derealization) or it makes a painful reality disappear entirely (i.e., dissociative amnesia). Today’s thought question is: “Are flashbacks dissociative?” Do … Continue reading
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Tagged defense, depersonalization, dissociation, dissociative disorders, DSM-IV, DSM5, first-person accounts, flashbacks, Pierre Janet, PTSD, repression, Sigmund Freud, structural dissociation
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Understanding Dissociation 