I am not new to dissociation - I guess I've been doing this for a long time. Its gotten worse, though, and sometimes I go into states where I literally feel drunk - but without any alcohol or drugs.

Its tough but I think dissociation is where your mind/body kind of "numb out" and "remove you" from feelings and pain and the triggering situation (am I right?).

I have one other problem which has cropped up a couple of times. I think the term "dissociative fugue" is correct - I have literally kind of spaced out and gotten in the car, and ended up a long ways from home.

I knew what I was doing kind of - I know to drive, put gas in the car etc. But I honestly just wasn't with it enough to know where I was going or why - I end up someplace (out of state the last time), and not really sure how I got there.

This kind of stinks - I'm just saying.

This is one thing in therapy we don't talk about, but I think maybe my therapist talks about it, but w/o using a label - he calls it "being wound up".

and he wants me to practice "winding down" - relaxing - but I'm not sure if that is enough?

Anybody else have a similar experience?