Keyword: dissociation

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Hysteria and Conversion Syndrome September 26, 2006

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Hysteria is a 4,000-year-old diagnosis that psychiatry buried but never resolved. Armand DiMele traces its two descendants, conversion syndrome and histrionic personality disorder, drawing on new brain imaging research showing that paralysis and other physical symptoms can be driven by the emotional centers of the brain rather than motor pathways.

The Addiction to Leaving Yourself November 1, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Identity & The Self

Fugue states are everywhere: in drinking, meditation, marathon running, internet use, even falling in love. Armand DiMele argues that any habitual escape from the present moment is a form of dissociation, explains the neurological cost, and offers practical steps for learning to stay.