maybe this will help you to understand why you encounter people who say dissociation helped them to survive.... some people with dissociation when most normal people would have literally physically died from the abuse inflicted on them, they got away from it by dissociating. an alter took control and took the abuse for them. then when they stopped dissociating after the abuse was over with they had no memory of the abuse, felt no pain, and got to continue with what ever else...

example I was abused in a mine shaft. the abuse was so horrific that I dissociated. an alternate personality went through the abuse, and kept those memories away from me. when the abuse that day was over and I was back in control I felt no pain from the abuse, had no abuse memories, I was able to just get up and go play with my friends just like a normal child does. I survived because the alter had taken the abuse. I survived because the alter held the memories and emotions of the abuse away from me. I got to live and play.

now after all my alters have been integrated and I think back to those days I am very grateful to the alter for taking the abuse and holding those trauma filled emotions/ memories and making sure I was able to live and play like any other child.

this doesnt mean I liked having DID and dissociation problems. I hated it.

your question...Is this something
more that dissociation that comes after it as the traumatic events deepen?.

only your own treatment providers can tell you whether this is dissociation, whether its going to get more and whether your traumatic events will deepen.

for me dissociation did not get more. my alters integrated with me to finally become one whole person. though I still struggle with dissociation sometimes I consider things to be better than when my alters were not integrated.

for me the traumatic events did not deepen. for me they could not because I was no longer being abused. think of it like if you skin your knee. the event that caused the skinned knee is all done and over with, I can cause it more trauma by purposely picking at it (in which case its no longer called a traumatic event, picking a sore here where I am is called a self inflicted wound/ self injury)

my point is since that traumatic event was done and over with it couldnt get deeper (worse)

that doesnt mean it didnt feel bad when talking about it. just that the traumatic event didnt get deeper.

only you can decide whether talking about your traumatic events are too painful for you.