Mental dissociation
The veil the mind pulls over something that happened to us
3 min readNov 30, 2022
In simple terms, dissociation is the psychological response to traumatic stress, but also the separation of oneself from thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings.
Dissociation is increasingly used by us humans to cope with something incompatible and inconsistent with how we identify with ourselves, how we perceive ourselves, or how we would like to become.
We are aware that a simple experience such as a fast food meal is overall damaging for…