Dr. young asks these questions of a child: "do you ever sort of space out? does it ever happen that time goes by and you can't remember what you were doing during that time? do you ever do things that surprise you and you later stop and ask yourself why you did that? " what problem is dr. young investigating?

From the questions that Dr. Young asked to the child is look like Dr. Young is investigating the dissociation disorder.
It is a mental process and in this dissociate disorder, a a person disconnects from his thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity, So a person needs medical attentions if he develops dissociate disorder. Many health professionals say that the major reason behind this disorder is chronic trauma in childhood.

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