5 Types Of Dissociation

In this video I'm talking about the 5 types of dissociation AND how to deal with them. I'll speak to these 5 common types: maladaptive daydreaming, dissociative identity disorder, depersonalization, derealization and dissociative amnesia. I'll also talk about what dissociation is like. So whether you're wondering what is dissociation ? or what is dissociation like ? or help with dissociation ? or what types of dissociation there are , I am here to answer your questions.

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00:00 - Dissociation definition and overview
01:45 - Episode sponsor
02:30 - Dissociative Amnesia
04:13 - Maladaptive Daydreaming
06:21 - Depersonalization
07:50 - Derealization
9:06 - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
11:28 - Tips for dealing with dissociation

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[CatSmiles]

coming from someone who has DID thank you so much for this... it helps me help other to understand the difference

[Flo-cyxc]

When explaining to someone what derealization feels like, I always say that it's like when you leave a movie theatre. Your mind is still in the movie, in a different world, but you walk on a real street, in a really city. But your not present, your not in reality, you're somewhere else

[kdogW-iwoq]

Maladaptive Daydreaming got me through a huge chunk of my life. Letting it go is still difficult to stop.

[leahhughes]

I love how you say 'we' to ensure us that we're not alone in these situations ♥

[fyxation]

The amnesia thing--I didn't realize it was dissociation. There are entire chunks of my life that are a blur--times that were very emotionally dark. When I read journals I kept from those times, it's like reading someone else's diary, someone else's words. It's very, very strange. It's like, at those times, I was so numb that I was not absorbing anything. Nothing was committed to my memory because nothing mattered. It's wild.

[georgeweller]

I've always told myself that I can't have been traumatized because I don't dissociate, but it never occurred to me that there might be different types of dissociation.

[alienfairy]

I have been (maladaptive) daydreaming since i was a child. before, i thought it was just something that everybody does and didn’t think it would be harmful. but after all those years of daydreaming, i created a lot of stories (some i can still remember, and i still continue to develop up to this day) and lived in my head EVERY SINGLE DAY that even though I know that doing grounding techniques are healthier than constantly living in my fantasy world, i can’t seem to abandon these imaginary people, imaginary version of myself, imaginary world i created. it’s effects aren’t really that extreme in real life bc i can still function but still, it does more bad because i often opt to daydream than to do my academic tasks. i just wish i can find it in myself to stop this completely bc i know that it is unrealistic and i’m just hurting myself in the process by setting my expectations too high (i have quite self-centered stories and i know that people won’t realistically hold me in such high regard)

[SevCaswell]

One of the reasons why I don't often watch movies, sometimes it happens with books, is because I always end up feeling weird and disconnected when they end, and it can take a long time for everything to start feeling normal again. (I am Autistic, was diagnosed with aspergers before that stopped being a diagnosis)

I am also a Malaptive daydreamer, often find it impossible to sleep without slipping into one of my 'daydreams'.

[rachelzachary]

I’ve experienced some combination of To me, it felt like a really bad case of deja vu that lasted weeks. Everything felt fake and there was always a fear of what was going to happen next, almost felt like a video game or a dream. Everything felt foreboding. Looking back I think it was similar to very very intense anxiety that basically took over my mind and body.

[stoffls]

For me it was maladaptive daydreaming, which impacted my life pretty heavily. It is better now, but still there. And yes, I could create a complete parallel life to my present life. But it never effected me that badly, that I could not function at work or at home. But there was always this story in my mind going on.

[MollyBurkeOfficial]

Depersonalization and dissociative amnesia were definitely big parts of my coping from trauma and still are at times. The brain is quite something! Thank you for making this video, such an important topic!

[sophi_pbbj]

As a maladaptive daydreamer, I thank you for explaining it. Most people just don’t get how severe it is

[maryrush]

derealization is so scary. for me it felt like everything around me was completely new, like my family, my house, school, everything. it felt like after my traumatic experience my whole life completely changed and i had to start over. i wanted to go back to how i used to feel before it happened. everything just felt uncomfortable. idk it’s hard to put it into words.

[Masada]

For me it feels like you’re always suspicious about everything because the things always have a tendency to feel inauthentic or distant

[Katimorton]

Small favor to ask... If you find this video helpful, please consider sharing it. You never know who might need to see this. Thanks!

[sadwhitewolf]

Maladaptive Daydreaming has been pretty much my main coping mechanism since childhood. I spend most of my free time in this state and often struggle at work because I keep slipping back to it. When I am present I am a efficient and precise worker. When I'm not I make all kinds of ridiculous mistakes that have no idea how I made them.

[CS-hwpd]

Really interesting. Disassociative amnesia describes my whole childhood in that I can remember the years of anxiety and depression but cannot pinpoint actual memories of events. I also completely lose my train of thought if am talking about something overwhelming, like right in the middle of a sentence.

[MaisBarks]

For the longest time I told myself I just liked to space out because “maladaptive daydreaming” was just a buzzword used to sound special and different. After watching this, I realized how real it is in me and how much it takes from my life.

[AnnaMcCoy]

I never truly feel alone, in my head there is always someone with me or watching me. I often find myself getting embarrassed doing this I wouldn't do in public in my room, because someone "saw" it. Even right now as I type this I don't feel alone.

[mercedesholmes]

I’ve always wanted to know more about trauma-response dissociation versus ADHD “spacing out.”