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Why trauma therapy isn't stopping dissociative responses

I have been in therapy for years talking about my trauma but I still dissociate every time someone raises their voice

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cognitive understanding has not reached the protective parts that automatically deploy dissociation as a survival strategy.

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