Dissociative fugue

Dissociative fugue
Dissociative fugue involves the person losing their memory and wandering away from their usual surroundings. When found they are often unable to remember where they have been or who they are.

Patients with dissociative fugue typically put a physical distance between themselves and their identity. For instance, patients may travel to a new location where they adopt an entirely new identity.

Dissociative fugue. People with this condition dissociate by putting real distance between themselves and their identity.

Dissociative Fugue: The unexpected and sudden travel away from home, associated with an inability to recall their previous identity. Patients will often assume a new identity.

dissociative fugue
dissociative stupor
trance and possession disorders
dissociative motor disorders
dissociative convulsions
dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss
mixed dissociative (conversion) disorders ...

Dissociation is a cognitive process through which memory and attention become altered. The spectrum of dissociative disorders spans simple depersonalization, amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity (multiple personality) disorder.

See also: Trauma, Symptom, Dissociative Disorders, Abuse, Traumatic event