Thread: Dissociate?
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Old Jul 08, 2009, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by treehouse View Post
... he'll say "you think I'm MEAN?" and I'm like "well, YES!". Of course, in my normal, grown-up, non-dissociated state I know he's not being mean. But it sure feels like it in those moments.
lol Questions like that come across sort of like koans to me. (You know -- "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" etc.)

I don't dissociate much unintentionally, but for me that would be a time to do (my version of) dissociation intentionally: "Are you mean? No. Do I think you are? Yes!"