I don't understand the inner child thing myself.....I do know that I revert back to the way I was as a child whenever i'm around my mother. Maybe that's what they mean by inner child.

As far as dissociation goes. I sometimes go into a trance like state as if I were a ghost in the room. Also depending on if i wear my glasses or not my personality changes. The person with glasses is extremely confident, business like, assertive, etc. ....the person without glasses is extremely submissive, timid, shy. But if the submissive person puts on the glasses it doesn't mean that the confident personality will come out. The switch happens depending on the situation.

I find dissociation completely frustrating.