We describe the division of personality in terms of dissociative parts of the personality. This choice of term emphasizes the fact that dissociative parts of the personality together constitute one whole, yet are self-conscious, have at least a rudimentary sense of self, and are generally more complex than a single psychobiological state. These

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Elizabeth’s “clinical line” to define dissociation is that when our ability to stay present in life is disrupted, we default into states of denial or into other aspects of ourself/ourselves. Even though she recognizes that the clinical word dissociation is often incorrectly used by others when they pronounce it as “dis-association,” she believes

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