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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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In the modern world there can be all types of reasons. What you describe is more like "drifting off" or "extreme attention deficit disorder". We all can zone out from time to time, but since you were still aware of the therapist I do not see this as dissociation. If you had lost time, if you had said something to her that you do not remember saying, etc., then I would say it is dissociation. Sometimes I can be talking to someone and something we say may trigger a memory. My mind will focus on the memory and I will zone out whoever I am talking with. I believe that this is more attention deficit disorder than dissociation but it may be dissociation.
I believe in the future it will be proven that television and media's high tech psychological advertising is causing an increase in attention deficit disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder in humans and especially children who spend too much time in front of the television or computer. We need mental health professionals to research this for us and not for the advertisers.