dissociation
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After she disappears yet again, Aviv accompanies Upp’s mother, herself no stranger to dissociation, as she vainly tracks her missing daughter — and connects instead with other lost women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"I lived a dissociation effect. I had difficulties recognising myself from the start," she says.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
Today, the once-controversial jokes of the online sad girl are ubiquitous far beyond their original little corner of the internet, with people posting casually about depression and dissociation on their otherwise professional Twitter accounts.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
These are mild forms of dissociation, which is the ability to disconnect from our thoughts, feelings, environment or actions.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
There was a dissociation of form and substance.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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