Okay, I don't have DID. But I do have dissociative episodes, either of depersonalization or derealization from my PTSD and depression.

I'm really curious to know what kind of symptoms others experience when having a dissociative episode.

I know for me, I sort of go somewhere else. It's like another person takes over, although it is still me, and I can often remember bits and pieces after the fact or if I concentrate really hard, or if someone reminds me, then I do recall. I know that my emotions kind of go numb, I can't communicate, even though I will respond to questions, although I don't know how I'm responding or what my behavior is coming off as. My dissociation often goes into a suicidal phase or SH phase.

WHat to other people experience as symptoms? I'm trying to express the symptoms of dissociation for my reasonable accommodation request at work, but I don't know how to describe it.

Thanks,
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