zoning out for me is different than dissociation. it can be from being too tired, too warm, hungry, etc. but just affects my focus more than anything. i am still present but just feel kind of out of it. it's also where i'm thinking about other things, my mind drifts to thoughts of random things, etc. it is more like daydreaming or being bored, that type of lack of focus.

dissociation is way different than that. i have many variations of it, but it is just not at all the same. it doesn't involve daydreaming or thinking of other things in that kind of way. i am way more removed from my body/self and external reality/situations going on around me. it also gets hard to know what i feel or think and can be difficult to move and even to talk even if i want to. it is frustrating and scary for me when it happens no matter where/when it happens.