disassociative love

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  • adjective That disassociates; that causes disassociation

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Examples

  • Paladin instantly recognizes something that has escaped father William about his son Robert: he suffers from what we now call disassociative identify disorder or multiple personality disorder.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Louisiana Justice of the Peace Refuses to Issue Marriage License for Interracial Couple: 2009

  • He chronicles his struggle with a form of mental illness known as disassociative identity which used to be called multiple personality disorder.

    CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2008 2008

  • Revealed in his new book, "Breaking Free," he chronicles his struggle with a form of mental illness known as disassociative identity, which used to be called multiple personality disorder.

    CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2008 2008

  • For instance, one report called the disassociative hallucinogen Ketamine a “date rape drug. ” There is, of course, no such thing as a date rape drug.

    Boing Boing: September 17, 2006 - September 23, 2006 Archives 2006

  • No, no, son, it's only because yer brain's so special that yer able to have this kind of disassociative personality-the Captain sought for a more positive spin.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • Jerry Rose’s attorney, Susan Johnson, said regardless of whether satanic rituals actually occurred, the evidence clearly indicates that Campbell falsely presented himself as a professionally qualified mental health care provider, telling parishioners he specialized in treating people with multiple personalities, also known as disassociative identity disorder, as well as for satanic ritual abuse and bereavement.

    Lawsuit revisits a Bellevue family’s demise 2003

  • (The "disassociative" nature of email is what makes it so easy to be rude or flamboyant or downright violent in email when we would never say such things in person.)

    Interoperability Happens 2010

  • Enough police witnesses have described other disturbing details to indicate that Bishop was in a kind of disassociative state, whether caused by the trauma or preceding it.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • The drug is also a hallucinogen with users drawn to its "disassociative effects".

    Teenage ketamine problems rising, drug charities warn 2011

  • The individual who happened to be white and male is forced from his individual state of disassociative being, into one which is identifies with an enemy who would seek to brand him as the ruling class in the war.

    2008 February 25 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

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