A defense mechanism where emotional content is separated from thoughts or memories, allowing discussion of traumatic events without experiencing associated feelings.
Example: Trauma survivors describing horrific experiences in emotionally detached, matter-of-fact ways as if discussing someone else's experience rather than their own.
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