Dissociation affects us in so many ways. Chris says he doesn't recall hitting Rhianna. He says he reads what happened and struggles to recognize that it is him that did those things. I wish more people understood that dissociation is not just some freak thing that happens to "sick" people. Its something that we ALL do. But its when our brain gets into victim thinking that we are most likely to lose it. We feel trapped, unable to move, powerless and our brain full of victim thoughts focused only upon our own survival in the moment. Our brain narrows down our awareness and all we can see is our own wounding. Literally we are trapped in a fight for our survival. Awareness of our own actions and the impact they have is lost in our attempt to survive the moment. This is what happened to Chris Brown. Its what happens in the case of all attacks of this kind. Their primal brain takes over and none of their higher brain functioning is in charge. It happens to all of us to a lessor degree when we find ourselves yelling at someone we love, or acting in ways we don't recognize. That is what victim thinking does. It throws us into this primal, out of control place. And, when we have been traumatized in our past, we are more "trigger" sensitive to things that send us into this kind of reactivity. Our old brain is on edge constantly and armed for survival against future perceived threats. I don't know what triggered Chris's primitive brain into taking over that night, I only know that because of his past experience as an actual victim, his brain was hardwired to victim thinking. Without intervention it can happen to any of us.