disassociation

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“There is a little bit of a disassociation between how the company’s doing and how the stock is doing,” he says.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

I suspect Tuason deeply relates to Evy, to the disassociation of living with death every day, and uses her resistance to explore denial.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

"It was my way to protect myself, not victimise myself and give me some disassociation, it was like building a bubble."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2024

“After Mr. Barbour’s disassociation, we had no further contact with Mr. Barbour on this matter,” she said.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

On the other hand, in introducing the Dementia praecox group, he makes no specific mention of any one of the cardinal symptoms of disassociation or shallowness of affect, scattering of thought, and delusions or hallucinations.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various