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Default Mar 06, 2021 at 11:57 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Quietmind 2 View Post
I experience that kind of dissociation too (depersonalisation and derealisation) but don't find it safe because it gets very hard for me to function effectively because I get brain fog along with it.

I think it WAS safe /adaptive when I was younger but now it impairs my everyday life. I've bad anxiety top and that kind of dissociation serves as a circuit breaker from sky high anxiety but doesn't help me function effectively etc or respond adequately to dangerm

Yes- the brain fog is definitely extremely unpleasant. That's the part of dissociation that bogs me down...that weird, swimmy-brained sensation.

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