Posted by toojane on December 19, 2006, at 8:26:25
In reply to Re: dissociation, how to stop?, posted by Phillipa on December 18, 2006, at 18:22:41
> I'm trying to understand. Sounds kind of like a dream world? Or you drift away when you are uncomfortable with what is being said. And please tell me is I'm totally not understanding. So no stress? Love Phillipa
Hi Phillipa, There are many ways to dissociate and varying degrees of dissociation. Here are some descriptions that may help you understand. For instance, if someone is in a dream world, that would be derealization and if they feel like they are watching themselves, that's depersonalization. The following are all types of dissociation...
AMNESIA
for chunks of childhood
for recent blocks of time
loss of personal information
"spacing out"
time disorientation
some forms of self-mutilation
FUGUE
sudden unexpected travel from home
unable to recall past
confusion of personal identity
assumption of new identity
DEPERSONALISATION
feeling of detachment from body
seeing body from distance
unreality of self
loss of affective responses (anhedonia)
sense of physical fragmentation
proprioceptive (as if floating)
affective (as if numb / dead)
DEREALISATION
surroundings seem unreal / foreign
perceptual disturbances
IDENTITY CONFUSION
subjective feeling of confusion, turmoil
uncertainty regarding self (as if another person inside)
sexual orientation / identity confusion
sense of puzzlement, uncertainty, conflict
IDENTITY ALTERATION
inner dialogue
different age appropriate behaviours / levels of functioning
objective behaviour suggesting assumption of different identities
different names, ages, identities associated with parts of self
inability to recall personal information incompatible with normal forgetting
SOMATISATION
fainting spells, collapses, epileptic-like seizures, headaches, chronic pain symptoms
hysterical anaesthesia's or paralyses
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