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Originally Posted by Rosa Marie
I was diagnosed with dissociation about 3 years ago. Although I think I may have had it almost all my life.
For a while I didn't know when I was dissociating.
I knew I felt "odd", almost "high" as I explained it to my therapist.
Now my therapist can tell when I am dissociating (if a convo gets to heavy).
He will begin to point it out by saying "it feels bubbly in here". Thats the best I can explain it.
Also, another thing I just learned that has to do with dissociation, is memory; remembering what you did last week or even yesterday. I'm guessing if you block things out a lot as I do.
I know I also get easily confused from it too. Caffeine seems to help with that ;/
And losing track of time seems to be a symptom as well.
Does anyone know how to stop dissociating?
Sometimes I feel like I can't stop? Like it gives me temporary relief, like a drug in itself. Has anyone else have these experiences?
Sorry, I am fairly new to recovery
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I know during the traumatic event I had, I was disassociated...but yeah I experience it fairly often since that but yeah it can especially happen if I start talking about the PTSD and trauma and getting into more detail and such, like in a recent therapy meeting I was trying to explain something about it and just thinking about it that much was really stressful and I was anxious feeling...then when I left the therapy office I felt totally out of it...and sort of a floating feeling so sort of like a 'high' but without all the pleasantries.
But yeah I think the mind causes that as a defense mechanism so in a sense it is your brain trying to provide relief from the overwhelming stress...of course it can be rather debilitating if you are trying to do something involving coordination for instance and is just a rather uncomfortable feeling at least to me.