dissociation

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"I lived a dissociation effect. I had difficulties recognising myself from the start," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

The side effects included transient dizziness, dissociation, disorientation, loss of balance, impaired memory and cognition, and weakness in the legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

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