The Fragmented Mind

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• To separate oneself from emotions or reality (6)
• The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world (4)
• A missing piece of time in one's memory (3)
• A stimulus that causes a sudden dissociative episode (7)
• The primary identity that usually carries the legal name (4)
• A specific period of time when symptoms occur (7)
• One of several distinct personality states in a single individual (5)

Down

• A surreal state that dissociation is often compared to (5)
• A mechanism used to manage stressful situations (6)
• An object that can cause distress during depersonalization (6)
• A state of stunned confusion or detachment (4)
• The subconscious goal of dissociative behavior (7)
• A metaphor for mental cloudiness or lack of clarity (3)
• An empty space or feeling of nothingness (4)
• A person's essential being that distinguishes them from others (4)

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