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Originally Posted by Bipolarartist
I tend to dissociate easily in sessions and don't realise til me T points out. What i haven't told him is sometimes I am sitting looking at myself talking and thinking "Who is this person and what are they talking about" Its kind of like I'm sitting beside myself but only recognise myself after a while. Is it something I should I bring up or does everyone do this? I've sort of done it all my life but can usually recognise I'm the person I'm looking at.
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Even if everyone did this, I'd still bring it up.
I do this to different extremes, only I am sometimes aware when it starts to happen. Other times I don't realize it until after the fact. I remember a whole session with my consciousness near the ceiling, looking down on me. Other sessions, I'd look at my limbs and freak out because it didn't look like they belonged to me.
There are different ways to explain it, I suppose, but I was told it's a reaction to extreme anxiety.
I think if you experience that extreme anxiety over and over, it eventually lessens in degree and you can begin to tolerate it better. It might be helpful to let your T know that this is happening.