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Dissociation is defined as the disconnection from self-awareness, time, and/or external circumstances. It is a very complex process. Dissociation can exists from normal everyday experiences to disorders that interfere with everyday life. Normal dissociation consi ....

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.... Dissociative Amnesia of Fugue results; important personal events cannot be recalled. Dissociative Amnesia with loss of memory may result from wartime trauma, a severe accident or rape. Dissociative Fugue is indicated by not only loss of memory, but also travel to a now location and the assumption of a new identity. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), although not officially a dissociative disorder, can be classified as part of the dissociative spectrum. In PTSD, re- experiencing of the trauma (flashbacks) alternates with numbing (detachment or dissociation), and avoidance. Atypical dissociative disorders are classified as Dissociative Disorders ....