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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1669]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[action]] or [[process]] of detaching : [[separation]]
*2a : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special [[mission]] or service
:b : the part so dispatched
:c : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition
*3a : indifference to worldly concerns : aloofness
:b : [[freedom]] from bias or [[prejudice]]
==Description==
'''Detachment''', also expressed as ''non-attachment'', is a state in which a [[person]] overcomes his or her attachment to [[desire]] for [[things]], people or [[concepts]] of the world and thus attains a heightened [[perspective]].
Detachment as release from [[desire]] and consequently from [[suffering]] is an important [[principle]], or even [[ideal]], in many religions.
In Buddhist and Hindu religious [[texts]] the opposite concept is expressed as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%C4%81d%C4%81na upādāna]'', translated as "attachment". Attachment, that is the inability to [[practice]] or [[embrace]] detachment, is viewed as the main [[obstacle]] towards a serene and fulfilled life. Many other spiritual [[traditions]] identify the lack of detachment with the continuous worries and restlessness produced by desire and [[personal]] [[ambitions]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_%28philosophy%29]
In psychology, ''emotional detachment'' can mean two different things. In the first [[meaning]], it refers to an "inability to [[connect]]" with others emotionally, as well as a means of dealing with [[anxiety]] by preventing certain situations that trigger it; it is often [[described]] as "emotional numbing" or dissociation, depersonalization or in its chronic form depersonalization disorder. In the second sense, it is a type of "mental assertiveness" that allows people to maintain their [[boundaries]] and psychic [[integrity]] when faced with the [[emotional]] demands of another person or group of [[persons]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_detachment]
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1669]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[action]] or [[process]] of detaching : [[separation]]
*2a : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special [[mission]] or service
:b : the part so dispatched
:c : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition
*3a : indifference to worldly concerns : aloofness
:b : [[freedom]] from bias or [[prejudice]]
==Description==
'''Detachment''', also expressed as ''non-attachment'', is a state in which a [[person]] overcomes his or her attachment to [[desire]] for [[things]], people or [[concepts]] of the world and thus attains a heightened [[perspective]].
Detachment as release from [[desire]] and consequently from [[suffering]] is an important [[principle]], or even [[ideal]], in many religions.
In Buddhist and Hindu religious [[texts]] the opposite concept is expressed as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%C4%81d%C4%81na upādāna]'', translated as "attachment". Attachment, that is the inability to [[practice]] or [[embrace]] detachment, is viewed as the main [[obstacle]] towards a serene and fulfilled life. Many other spiritual [[traditions]] identify the lack of detachment with the continuous worries and restlessness produced by desire and [[personal]] [[ambitions]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_%28philosophy%29]
In psychology, ''emotional detachment'' can mean two different things. In the first [[meaning]], it refers to an "inability to [[connect]]" with others emotionally, as well as a means of dealing with [[anxiety]] by preventing certain situations that trigger it; it is often [[described]] as "emotional numbing" or dissociation, depersonalization or in its chronic form depersonalization disorder. In the second sense, it is a type of "mental assertiveness" that allows people to maintain their [[boundaries]] and psychic [[integrity]] when faced with the [[emotional]] demands of another person or group of [[persons]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_detachment]
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
