Dissociation: The Invisible Trauma Response (How to Spot It and Come Back to Presence)

Send us Fan Mail Liz explains dissociation as an often-invisible trauma response that can persist from childhood into adulthood, allowing people to appear high-functioning while feeling absent from their own lives. She distinguishes dissociation from simple “zoning out,” describing it as a nervous system state shift triggered by perceived threat: trigger, sympathetic spike, inescapability judgment, prefrontal downshift, and time/sensation distortion. Liz outlines common signs (emotional and b...