{"id":5705,"date":"2025-09-27T16:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/?post_type=infotheek&#038;p=5705"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:53:03","slug":"what-is-dissociation","status":"publish","type":"infotheek","link":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/infotheek\/wat-is-dissociatie\/","title":{"rendered":"What is dissociation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5705\" class=\"elementor elementor-5705\" data-elementor-post-type=\"infotheek\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43009f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43009f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42efe5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f42efe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0110a6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0110a6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What is dissociation?<\/h2><p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"896\">Perhaps you recognize it: you suddenly feel absent and disconnected from yourself, as if you are not entirely there. Or the world around you feels strange, as if everything is a bit unreal.<\/p><p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1014\">This is called dissociation. It is a way your brain and body cope with stress or overwhelm.<\/p><p>When you are dissociated, things inside you and around you are perceived less consciously or not at all. For example, you might not feel pain, or everything passes you by. It is also possible that you experience things differently than normal, for example distorted, as unreal or fake.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df44e4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df44e4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/academy.traumanet.nl\/trauma-en-dissociatie-hoe-je-brein-je-beschermt\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089431e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"089431e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fefc51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fefc51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a796747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a796747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Webinar: 2 november 2026, 19:00 uur<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de477a e-transform elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"8de477a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-video\" viewbox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M336.2 64H47.8C21.4 64 0 85.4 0 111.8v288.4C0 426.6 21.4 448 47.8 448h288.4c26.4 0 47.8-21.4 47.8-47.8V111.8c0-26.4-21.4-47.8-47.8-47.8zm189.4 37.7L416 177.3v157.4l109.6 75.5c21.2 14.6 50.4-.3 50.4-25.8V127.5c0-25.4-29.1-40.4-50.4-25.8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b2562 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1b2562\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f66ca8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f66ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7beeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b7beeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trauma en dissociatie: hoe je brein je beschermt<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9f781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e9f781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>In conversation with Tamar van Raalten<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3fd594 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3fd594\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-622ed97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"622ed97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-1024x992.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12105\" alt=\"tamar van raalten\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-1024x992.png 1024w, https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-768x744.png 768w, https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-1536x1487.png 1536w, https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamar-van-raalten-scaled-1-2048x1983.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4849397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4849397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/bHjYUbK6eeo?si=0iGwhYGNvT-n2u4n&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270a751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270a751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><br \/>Dissociation can manifest in various ways:<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Time<\/strong>your perception of time is different than usual.<\/li><li><strong>Senses<\/strong>what you see, feel, hear, smell, taste is disturbed or absent.<\/li><li><strong>Memory<\/strong>you are missing pieces of memory or your memory\/memories are vague.<\/li><li><strong>Emotions<\/strong>you feel flat or numb.<\/li><li><strong>Body<\/strong>physical sensations are disrupted, sometimes you cannot speak or move.<\/li><li><strong>Environment<\/strong>the environment feels strange or unreal.<\/li><li><strong>Identity<\/strong>you experience yourself and\/or your body as strange or unreal.<\/li><\/ul><p>These experiences can be confusing and sometimes frightening, but are fundamentally a reaction from your <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/trauma-and-the-nervous-system\/\">nervous system<\/a> job stress or overwhelm.<\/p><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac0211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ac0211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aee0725 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aee0725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h2>Different degrees of dissociation<\/h2><p>Dissociation can have various causes and occurs in both very mild and very severe degrees, and everything in between. It can be an innocent, everyday reaction to fatigue or boredom, but to a greater degree, it can also be a profound consequence of severe trauma. Read more about the causes of dissociation.<\/p><p>Dissociation is therefore on a spectrum, where you can view daydreaming as a very mild degree of dissociation, and a dissociative disorder as the most extreme form at the end of the spectrum.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0d9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0d9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h2>Daydreaming: a mild form of dissociation<\/h2><p>Virtually everyone experiences a mild degree of dissociation at times. For example, when you are daydreaming and not fully present, or when you are driving home on autopilot and suddenly realize you are already home.\u00a0<\/p><p>You are then not entirely present with your attention and awareness. This mild form of dissociation is very common, and can be caused by fatigue, boredom, or a busy mind, among other things. We often do not use the word dissociation for this mild form, but instead simply talk about daydreaming or having your head somewhere else for a moment.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4a801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a4a801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dissociatie.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Dissociatie\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjcwMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXVtYW5ldC5ubFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTBcL0Rpc3NvY2lhdGllLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dissociatie-rcru0cn4w6m0k9tyzqubwo3axte6zpc9bst0pxt1u8.jpg\" title=\"Dissociation\" alt=\"dissociation infosheet infosheet\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">View the info sheet on dissociation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441afd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"441afd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0d9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0d9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h2>Dissociation as a defense mechanism<\/h2><p>During trauma or extreme stress, dissociation can become a defense mechanism. Dissociation can occur as a reaction to intense emotional and\/or physical feelings, and at high levels of stress. In this case, it involves a greater degree of dissociation, where your feelings and thoughts are more disconnected from your consciousness.\u00a0<\/p><p>At a time of great threat or intense stress, dissociation acts as a kind of defense mechanism of the brain: you temporarily experience less consciously what you feel and what is happening around you. An example of this is feeling no pain when you are severely injured, or feeling no emotions when you have just received intense news.\u00a0<\/p><p>In such a case, dissociation is a functional mechanism to be able to endure things that are actually too much to bear. Because you are dissociated, you do not experience the impact in its full intensity. In some cases, in a state of dissociation you also completely lose contact with your body for a while, and you cannot move your whole body or a part of it.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0d9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0d9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h2>The flip side of dissociation<\/h2><p>When dissociation happens frequently, it can also become a troublesome and limiting experience. Because although it can be an effective defense mechanism in intense situations, dissociation can become an obstacle when it continues to occur in situations that are not actually threatening or overwhelming, but are still perceived as such by your system.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you dissociate often and for long periods, it can lead to you becoming (to a greater or lesser extent) cut off from yourself, your feelings, your body, your needs, and\/or the people around you. This, in turn, can have all sorts of consequences for your mental and physical health.\u00a0<\/p><p>For example, you may find it difficult to take good care of yourself. One reason for this can be that it is hard to recognize physical sensations or emotions that would normally be signals to take action, such as eating when you get hungry, or resting when you are tired.\u00a0<\/p><p>In short, dissociation can be a form of protection, but also a hindrance that has a major impact on your life and health. If this is the case, it can be beneficial to seek professional help and look for ways to cope with dissociation. 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