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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
It sure sounds like what I experienced as dissociation. And I could "check out" very, very fast. It took a lot of time before I could slow down the process enough to intervene. It does occur to me that when your T said "he wasn't a member of your family" what he may have meant was but he is a member of the "family of Ts," so that may effect his ability to be as objective or non-defensive as he would be otherwise.
I think this is one of those cases where it may be helpful to e-mail that you may have dissociated because you don't have a clear grasp of what was being said, but I don't think I'd discuss further in e-mail--too many chances for missed understanding.
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Thank you, I think it must be dissociation, it really does feel like I missed a chunk of the conversation and my vision went very strange too, which seems to be a symptom of dissociation.
I think he really did mean what it sounded like, it seemed like he was trying to make a distinction between a therapist and a family member, which I really don't need and without a good grasp of the context...I'll have to wait till I see him to fill in the blanks.
I emailed earlier asking if he thought I should have an extra appointment, he just replied now and said his instinct is to stick to our regular schedule but he "trusts me as our guide" - which was nice. I just replied, saying what you suggested, that I think I may have experienced mild dissociation, and that we can discuss it more at the next session. It actually feels quite reassuring to hear from him.