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Originally Posted by AnaWhitney
Thank you Scarlet, this was so helpful and validating and helped me explain things to the psychologist and to my surprise she said she already knew I couldn’t report accurately because I was ‘disconnected’. I have no idea what that means but I was so relieved when I felt like she got it and didn’t think I was just being difficult or lying.
So anyone know what being disconnected means ? 😂
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disconnected means different things depending upon what the health condition or disorder is.
general examples -
in my daughters schizophrenia disorder it means she has lost touch with reality.
in depression it means a person feels nothing but sadness and suicidal
in multiple sclerosis it means my nerves are not working correctly.
in personality disorders it can mean psychosis (hallucinations/ delusions, loss of touch with whats real.)
in PTSD it means a person's emotional responses are sort of muted, blunted down, The victims can explain in great details what happened to them without actually feeling it again on an emotional level.
when I went through a trauma I was able to explain to the authorities what I witnessed and how I felt during the traumatic event as it was happening,
but at that moment of questioning just answering on automatic physical verbal responses, and not feeling what I was saying.
the police asked me all kinds of questions from why I was where i was, to my sex life and how my spouse was related to me all of it, I was able to answer with no problems at all because I was feeling nothing. I was on automatic. not emotional. I was just answering the questions as if someone asked me if I wanted a glass of water, or ordering a meal. just off the top of my head no care in the world at a distance answering as if the questions had no relation to me at all,
my wife joked with me after I was a bit more normal saying "gee I should have asked you if you really liked that red dress of mine and you would have answered" lol and yes I would have just spouted off the answer as if someone had given me a truth serum shot what I thought of her in a particular dress I hated her in lol I was feeling no emotions and in that lack of affect state of mind theres no telling lies and such, just automatic answering lol
anyway what Im trying to say is that what disconnected means depends upon what the assessment is for and the meaning of "disconnected" will be depended upon what it means for that specific disorder or condition.