Dissociation is using attention to escape reality. Everyone dissociates just to varying degrees. You can see it as a spectrum. read more
Dissociation is using attention to escape reality. Everyone dissociates just to varying degrees. You can see it as a spectrum. On one end Daydreaming is the more garden variety form of it whereas, someone with a dissociative disorder actually loses consciousness of where they are and of what they have done for long periods of time. read more
Freud believed that daydreaming was a way for people to resolve any conflict that they might be facing, and that the person's fantasy might be a mix of their desires and what is socially acceptable according to societal standards. read more