F3 NDEs as “Healing Dissociation”

NDEs as “Healing Dissociation”
Stephen Hoyer, PhD

Frequently individuals who have experienced NDEs (and those who study these people) have resisted the idea that NDEs may represent a form of dissociation. The resistance to this idea frequently centers around the generally accepted notion that dissociation is a form of psychopathology. As dissociative disorders are becoming more common, researchers are beginning to conclude that perhaps dissociation is much less pathological and much more adaptive than has previously been believed. It will be argued in this presentation that dissociation nearly always provides a certain amount of “healing.” The bulk of the presentation will be a case study of a woman who experienced several near-death experiences.