our sense of what can be trusted as real can be fragmented

English translation: fragmentation of "our sense of reality"

17:37 Oct 24, 2019

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Social Sciences - Psychology / consequences of disorganized attachment

English term or phrase: our sense of what can be trusted as real can be fragmented

Dear colleagues, I’m not sure I’ve understood the meaning of “our sense of what can be trusted as real can be fragmented in the experience of disorganized attachment” towards the end of the passage below, taken from a parenting book. The authors are talking about the consequences of disorganized attachment.
In particular, I’m not sure how the part "what can be trusted as real" is connected to the overall sentence. Is the subject who doesn't trust his sense of reality? Or is there a fragmentation of his sense of what is commonly considered reality?

Thank you very much for any hint!

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in the case of disorganized attachment, our caregiver was a source of terror, and we had the internal experience of a drive toward the caregiver for protection but, at the same time, a drive away from that person—the source of distress. That fragmenting experience can lead to an internal state of dissociation, especially under stress. Even our sense of reality, our epistemic trust, can be on shaky grounds when such a biological paradox is our at¬tachment legacy. Both internal and interactive means of soothing are compromised, and even** our sense of what can be trusted as real can be fragmented ***in the experience of disorganized attachment.

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Selected answer:fragmentation of "our sense of reality"

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I'm pretty sure your second option is correct. The author means to say that the subject's sense of reality is fragmented because the caregiver is simultaneously the source of distress and of protection.

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Thank you so much, Laura, for your valuable help! Many thanks also to all other contributors!
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fragmentation of "our sense of reality"

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Thank you so much, Laura, for your valuable help! Many thanks also to all other contributors!

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Asker: Thank you so much, Laura!

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