Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring Toan/Pexels You’re scrolling through social media and, (seemingly) suddenly, two hours have passed. What happened?

DO YOU EVER zone out while tackling a boring task? Take your mind elsewhere to power through a difficult workout? Or, have you ever driven home safely without any recollection of how you got there? If ...

Dissociation is often misunderstood, even among mental health providers, largely because it’s not a widely taught or well-recognized subject in many clinical training programs. Yet, for many ...

Derek yells at Maya while backing her into a corner and telling her she’s stupid, worthless, and a bad mother. Maya has heard this all many times before; this time, Derek won’t let up, and she feels ...

The condition exists on a spectrum.

Dissociative thinking and the related concept of inferential confusion appear to be key predictors obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), showing strong associations after controlling for negative mood ...

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek argues in a position paper just published ...

You’re scrolling through social media and, (seemingly) suddenly, two hours have passed. What happened? According to researchers at the University of Washington, you might have been dissociating. Which ...