Meadowsweet
Diamond Member
I don't think this this has anything to do with courage or abusing dissociation. They are value judgements and generally aren't helpful.
Dissociation is developed as a method of coping with extreme situations when we don't have any other way out.
But when it kicks in involuntarily later in life, then it can put us in danger by rendering us unable to speak or say no, or work out how to run.
So I think rather than looking at whether it is corageous or not, it is more constructive to look at where dissociation helps and where it harms.
Dissociation is developed as a method of coping with extreme situations when we don't have any other way out.
But when it kicks in involuntarily later in life, then it can put us in danger by rendering us unable to speak or say no, or work out how to run.
So I think rather than looking at whether it is corageous or not, it is more constructive to look at where dissociation helps and where it harms.
