PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fugue State, Psychological Trauma, Derealization
17 May 2020
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When things start to feel a little bit unreal; odd perception. A separation of mental processes which are usually mentally integrated (memories, perception, self-identity) When people start to feel like they aren"t real. When people feel like the external world is surreal. Cannot be a result of any kind of brain damage. Dissociation is very common (usually happens when people are stressed) Like when you"re driving, and all of the sudden realize you don"t know what happened for the last ten minutes) Retrograde: forgetting something before a stressful event. People will forget some memories but not all. May be able to remember their memories during altered states of consciousness. 60% of people who have this have experienced childhood abuse. A person has amnesia for a certain amount of time, during which s/he takes an. People end up half way around the world and don"t remember how they unexpected trip far from home. got there.
