Posted by Dinah on July 24, 2005, at 9:41:36
In reply to Feeling Threatened *might trigger*, posted by fairywings on July 24, 2005, at 8:43:22
Dissociating is *not* schizophrenic, and I'm surprised your therapist thought so.
It's a natural human coping mechanism that some people tend to overuse once they find it works. Sometimes they overuse it to the point that it becomes a problem in their lives. When that happens, it's helpful to work on it in therapy.
What he *might* have meant is that certain personality disorders like schizoid and schizotypal may arguably use dissociation of the feelings to excess.
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