Dissociation may help traumatized individuals to be unaware of situations that could threaten essential relationships. Dissociation is an adaptive mechanism.
Dissociation represents an adaptive mechanism by which an individual may forget traumatic situations, thereby having a protective function.
The 'gap' in the memory can help a person to forget familiar traumas in order to establish emotional relationships.
In consequence, forgetting is not always a sign of a mental disorder, but also an adaptive mechanism.
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