People expect experiences of dissociation to be negative—But do not tend to remember them that way.
Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice June 4, 2026 Andrea Taylor, Monique Woolerton, Steven J. Lynn et al.
How do people appraise their past and imagined future experiences of dissociation?Over three experiments, 1,482 people brought to mind experiences of dissociation and rated how negative, positive, and neutral those experiences were when they happened or would be in the future.People remembered their past dissociative experiences as most often neutral, and more often positive than negative.This...