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Originally Posted by gayleggg
I'm not really sure what dissociation is so I'm going to give a couple of examples and see what you think.
When I was 17 I was date raped. It's like I didn't really experience it because I watched it from the top of the seat in the car. I just sat and watched.
Other times when I really be come uncontrolably upset can leave the situtation where i don't hear the other person or what's going on around me. It's like I'm not there. I can choose to do this when I get to emtionally upset and feel I can't handle the situation. It includes rocking and rapid eye movement.
Does this ring any bells with anyone. I don't do if often enough for it to be a problem, but I was just wondering if this is dissociation.
Thanks for your imput.
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Im sorry but we can not tell you whether what you are going through/went through is dissociation or not...let me give you an example why not...
here in NY this is not called dissociation its called out of body experience.
here in NY the reason its called Out of Body Experience is because in your post you used the wording....
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Originally Posted by gayleggg
I can choose to do this
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here in NY dissociation due to trauma is something a person can not .....choose....to do. its an automatic reaction
example
when I am stressed out I dont think oh crap I cant handle this Im going to dissociate and then do it.
when Im stressed out my body automatically numbs and I automatically feel spaced out, out of touch with my body....kind of like when a person is stressed out their body automatically makes them breath differently, or when someone gets scared their heart automatically thumps louder, faster. here in NY dissociation is an automatic thing that people have to learn how to take control of.
where as anyone can learn how to have an out of body experience through choosing to do it if they know their body and self well. they even teach this kind of thing at yoga, and meditation classes down the street from where I work.
for some people here in NY this kind of thing is normal, for others its called PTSD, Psychosis, hallucination, delusions and many other things too.
my suggestion....only your treatment providers can say whether this is dissociation in you so my suggestion is contact a treatment provider where you are there in Texas (your profile location) and talk with them. they will tell you what the diagnostics are for dissociation in your state and will tell you whether you are dissociating, have ptsd , anxiety or any other mental /physical problems this may be, or whether you are experiencing something normal.