disassociating

I find this interesting because it suggests that there's a disorienting effect on drivers -- something about disassociating from the direction you're traveling in -- when sound, motion, and the subject of your conversation aren't in synch.

Boing Boing: May 4, 2003 - May 10, 2003 Archives 2003

Richard Nixon had a hard time disassociating himself from the tired and wrinkled Eisenhower administration while John F. Kennedy said he'd "get the country moving again" into a "new frontier."

Jonathan D. Moreno: America's Problem With "Progress" Jonathan D. Moreno 2012

Newly minted Oscar winner and advertisement face of Dior, Natalie Portman, did not mince words, showing herself shocked and disgusted, disassociating herself from Galliano.

Shai Baitel: Between Gaddafi and Galliano: Ethics and Morality Shai Baitel 2011

In a way, the rich and famous now disassociating themselves from Galliano react in the same fashion as those who seek to disengage their names from the Gadhafi family.

Shai Baitel: Between Gaddafi and Galliano: Ethics and Morality Shai Baitel 2011

Newly minted Oscar winner and advertisement face of Dior, Natalie Portman, did not mince words, showing herself shocked and disgusted, disassociating herself from Galliano.

Shai Baitel: Between Gaddafi and Galliano: Ethics and Morality Shai Baitel 2011

And I want to emphasize that it doesn't mean that all of a sudden you are either disassociating or that you're going to get really, really stupid practicing mindfulness because now you're just in the present moment and you don't know what's really happening and you've now gone beyond thought.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: Jon Kabat-Zinn on Living Mindfuly Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein 2010

We tend to "leave" our bodies when frightened; disassociating is a natural initial reaction that gives us a break so we can deal with trauma, bit by bit.

Deborah King: Are You Glued To The News From Japan? Deborah King 2011

"He also made clear that he has no intention of disassociating himself from the Colombo family," they wrote.

Jerry Capeci: Nephew of Top Mobster Aids in Colombo Family Takedown Jerry Capeci 2011

We tend to "leave" our bodies when frightened; disassociating is a natural initial reaction that gives us a break so we can deal with trauma, bit by bit.

Deborah King: Are You Glued To The News From Japan? Deborah King 2011

Newly minted Oscar winner and advertisement face of Dior, Natalie Portman, did not mince words, showing herself shocked and disgusted, disassociating herself from Galliano.

Shai Baitel: Between Gaddafi and Galliano: Ethics and Morality Shai Baitel 2011