“…Empirical data clearly suggest that dissociative experiences do not form a unitary dimension, but are better understood as multidimensional phenomena (Briere, Weathers, & Runtz, 2005; Bryant, 2007; Dell, 2006b; Holmes et al, 2005). It is, for instance, common to differentiate between compartmentalization, involving an inability to access or control normal mental processes, and detachment, such as depersonalization, derealization and numbing.…”