Dissociation
Disconnection from experience — the sense that you aren't quite here, that you're watching yourself from outside, or that the world is behind glass.
How it shows up in daily life
Lost minutes while driving. A conversation you can’t remember. Numbness in the middle of something that ought to shake you. Mild dissociation is common and not pathological; it becomes a problem when it appears at the moments you need yourself.
What we do with it in therapy
Dissociation was once a solution — a way of bearing something you otherwise couldn’t. So we don’t remove it; first we recognise it, then we build the capacity to stay present.
