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

Until now, Schoenbrun has specialized in stories about pop-cultural disassociation, people so isolated by their niche fandoms that they spend more time fixated on fictional characters than living their own lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Diagnosed with anxiety at eight and depression at 14, Melissa says she feels a level of disassociation from her life before.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“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