What DISSOCIATION Really Is! Have YOU experienced this? Let me know below.

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[theinstabookworm]

I've been dissociating since I was a child and this is the most accurate description of it I've ever heard.

[baileylaff]

I experience this when my anxiety and fear become too much to handle

[sadiegirl]

The Dissociation I feel isn't necessarily like watching myself but more just zoned out or like asleep and then coming to and not having any idea of what has happened while I was checked out. Luckily with therapy this almost never happens anymore! 😊

[charc]

It use to terrify me and thinking I was going crazy when this happen to me. Not knowing its my brain protecting me. I’m so thankful for all the tools I’ve learned and continue to learn on how to manage my depression and anxiety. ❤

[aquamarine]

I experience this. I call it going into a bubble. Sounds seem shut out, like I’m inside a giant protective bubble. Time slows down and it almost feels like I have disappeared from the room. It happens when I get extremely anxious and overwhelmed. It is so scary.

[edwardwestmoreland-caunter]

I dissociate far more often than I'd like to admit. For me, it feels like I'm not attached to my body. Like nothing's really connected as if rather than being in my body, I'm driving it like a vehicle or controlling it like a puppet while my mind sinks into a deep ocean of nothingness

[trwn]

Dissociation feels completely normal for me, at times it's even more natural than not doing so.
I never realised this was an abnormal thing until recently. I'll use it for good!

[alternatives]

I feel that when I'm also feeling "too happy", not just when everything feels bad

[loutfchihneh]

Yes, I've been through the war in Syria and since the 3rd year of it I started experiencing symptoms of DPDR. I didn't know what it is and I was already stressed out studying Architecture I thought that I'm becoming lazy and I blamed myself for the symptoms for years.
Please keep spreading awareness on these symptoms, people who are going through it need to know what's actually going on.
Grateful for you Katy, I'm learning a lot from you❤️

[yeahright]

My dissociation happens less now that I have been in therapy for complex PTSD for 2 years. To me dissociation is a byproduct of a prolonged state of heightened awareness, where I learned how to multitask at a high level of functioning. My brain ramps up in processing ability to deal with a stressful situation, which then results in a peculiar ability to feel like I’m hallucinating, or outside of my own body. It’s not pleasant for me at all as I sometimes feel like I am a different person all together, which is extremely disturbing, as if I am truly going crazy.

[LucidLiquidity]

Ahh so this is what I was experiencing at the height of my depression a couple years ago. For me, it felt like being on the “outside looking in”. It’s interesting no matter how one personally describes it (as mentioned here or “zoning out”), they’re all just different variations of the same thing - being so absorbed in your own thoughts/anxiety that you’re not mentally present. You’re just observing reality in front of you, but disconnected or removed from it (like watching a movie). It’s such a strange/unsettling feeling and once you notice it, it’s even harder to snap out of. I can see how people wouldn’t comprehend w/o experiencing it themselves, but you know it when you see it. It’s a very all-consuming feeling - can’t miss it. 😵‍💫

Fortunately, I haven’t experienced it much at all since finally surrendering and getting my depression treated. If this is you right now, it does get better (even eliminated) if you trust the plan and put the work in. Having some hope is the secret sauce to start breaking the mental loops, at the very least give it the benefit of the doubt. Everything becomes a whole lot easier once you see just a glimmer of progress and start to break away from the notion “this is just who I am now/this is my life now”. As someone who thought the same, was able to bounce back and even re-discover the person I thought was forgotten and lost forever - it’s only your life *at this very moment* bc you’ve convinced yourself and largely accepted the deep-rooted belief there’s no going back and you’ve fundamentally changed. A process that probably took years to fully take over your mind and worldview - and will take a similar amount of time to de-program and re-condition yourself. It’s not easy, and progress is made at a snails-crawl pace, but if you just zoom in, take things day-by-day and stop making false assumptions about an unknown future or ruminating worst case scenarios - it’s very likely you’ll remember who you were and start living your real life again. ❤😊

[purplevudu]

I experienced this a couple times. I didn't realize how often it happened to me until this September I had the worst one while I was working and I felt intoxicated (but without emotion or sense of physical feelings) but I knew I was entirely sober... I noticed it normally happens before I go to sleep if I'm crying too much at one point my mind just goes blank and I feel basically empty...

[celticgoddess]

I went through this for a couple of years after my mom died when I was 16. I stopped sleeping and felt like I was walking in a cloud and was numb. I don't remember alot from those years.

[Breegan]

thank you for using the movie analogy — i’ve never heard anyone else use it than me — it literally feels like i’m watching my life in a theater at times — and other times i feel like i’m completely disconnected

[deborahcollins]

Yes I definitely have dissociation and it’s absolutely horrible to me! Between my health issues and being in a long term abusive marriage the dissociation is getting worse for me. It’s like watching myself in an almost dream like state and I totally feel disconnected to others so very much. But when I get quiet with Christ and pray for Him to please help me since I get so very overwhelmed with just doing the simple things He always helps me to come out of this somewhat of course. 💕

[hansjavis]

This is the most accurate description of what has happened to me. I didn’t really know it was a problem until I had people that actually loved me check me when they saw it happening.

You said it perfectly. It’s like watching events play out in the third person.

[karakutny]

For me, i become really numb and have trouble thinking of anything as i completely dissociate from myself and those around me. I stop speaking mid sentence and forget what im doing(recalling events)

[ItsMeChello]

i experienced this. the last time was with my previous work. my big boss was talking to me and i just spaced out. he was being mean always. it took me three years to walk away..

[ashmit]

Finally I now know that there is a name for this thing that I have been experiencing for some time when some memories from my childhood triggered up and made me felt this way .

[lgrxkog]

Truly one of the most unsettling feelings.. the depersonalization. Its like having temporary amnesia of who you are but you're aware of it, its so so scary bc you just wanna snap out of it but once you do it just feels eerie. I feel like I lose a bit of me each time. I've never talked about it and it doesnt happen often, just a handful of times i can recall.. in a way I'm grateful my brain does it but also sad that I cant deal. Ugh. Makes my brain feel broken lol