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Symptoms of dissociation resulting from trauma may include depersonalization, psychological numbing, disengagement, or amnesia regarding the events of the abuse. It has been hypothesized that dissociation may provide a temporarily effective defense mechanism in cases of severe trauma; however, in the long term, dissociation is associated with decreased psychological functioning and adjustment.
2. the symptoms shown in the temperature, pulse, and respiration. dissociation symptom anesthesia to pain and to heat and cold, without impairment of tactile sensibility. objective symptom one perceptible to others than the patient, such as pallor, rapid pulse, rapid respiration, or restlessness. presenting symptom the symptom or group of symptoms about which the patient complains or from which he seeks relief.