How can one cope with dissociation?

Cope vs heal: Dissociation is a complicated condition often prompted by trauma or overwhelming circumstances. The dissociative experiences scale can measure the severity of the condition - and thus help direct you to appropriate psychotherapy. If there are relevant comorbid medical or emotional problems, treat them. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and exposure therapy works well. Grounding helps.

Psychotherapy: The dissociative disorders are most frequently the result of severe trauma as a child. Long-term insight oriented psychotherapy can help reintegrate the personality by processing the trauma in a more developmentally developed way.

Additional info: Dissociation is a normal mental function. The first two replies make valid points about trauma-related dissociative disorders. A wide range of dissociative experiences (from mild to severe) triggered by emotional stress and anxiety can occur. Stress management skills can help with less severe dissociation (e.g., feeling unreal, emotional detachment). Seek more info & consult an experienced expert.

Trauma therapist: With the assistance of a trauma therapist. There is no one size fits all. After comprehensive evaluation and safely established in therapy (medications considered, etc), a useful text to consider is "Coping with Trauma Related Dissociation," by Boon, Steele, and Van Der Hart, all affiliated with the International Society for Trauma and Dissociation. Take care