Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical

science of lasting well-being. And if you've listened before, welcome back.

When we're presented with challenging circumstances, it's really very natural for us to cope with them

through a wide variety of behaviors.

Many of these behaviors are pretty healthy, like caring for ourselves by taking a break, going for a walk, or talking things over with a loved one.

Some of them are a bit less healthy, like excessive or problematic forms of substance abuse.

Many of these coping behaviors have both positive and problematic aspects,

and today we're going to be exploring one of the most common of these, dissociation. To help us do that I'm joined today as

usual by Dr. Rick Hansen, so Dad, how are you doing today?

I'm doing very

always I am so deeply glad to be associated to you.

Well, thank you dad. I appreciate that. I am also very grateful to be associated with you,

associated to this moment, this experience of the podcast,

all of our fantastic listeners that we are very very grateful for. So before we get into our

conversation here just a quick reminder if you've been listening to and

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expect. So all that said, here we go.

Talking for a moment a little bit about dissociation if you're not familiar with it.

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