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Originally Posted by Dnester
I posted this somewhere else but didnt get many answers. I do not have DID. I did however dissociate in therapy a couple of weeks ago. My old therapist said I used to do it but I was never aware of it. This time my vision got blurry, my mouth was gaping open and I wasnt aware of what my therapist was saying. It was like I was semi aware. Then she said in a loud voice are you with me! I snapped back. My question is why does dissociation happen? I mean I am 42 and have no history of trauma that I am aware of.
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your question.....
"Why does dissociation happen?"
for that answer you will need to understand things like how the brain works, different parts of the brain and how they work together through electrical currents called receptors and other fancy names.
then after you know the science side of the brain you will need to understand some mental stuff like how those physical brain parts work together with your thoughts and actions, and behaviors,
you will also need to know things about your self like how and why you think the way you do, what your own responses are, what your triggers are, what your history is, what meds if any you are on and what those side effects do to you...
in other words a lot goes into what dissociation is and how and why a person does it.
thats the general explanation.
for something more directly related to you, you will need to talk to your therapist. you and the therapist can work together to discover what dissociation is in you, how it happens in you, why it happens in you and any other technical questions you may have, and you can also work together finding a way so that it no longer happens to you.