[Meisjes]

Has this ever happened to someone here? Out of body experience?
This last week my landlord asked if I'd paid my rent for Feb yet. I thought I had, in fact I remembered seeing me go down the hall to deposit the check. I remember feeling "that was weird" but at the same time glad that paying the rent was done. When the Llord came by he asked me to check my records but there is no record for Feb. Still waiting for my last bank statement to see if there is anything. I doubt there will be because I always record the checks. I'm fortunate he's a super nice guy and said not to worry, we'll work it out. I can make smaller payments for a while for that month.

Lately my insiders have been real busy, not in a scary way but it has been tiring. I wonder if I was watching one of my insiders go to "deliver the check" or if one of my insiders was out watching me go down the hall as if to deliver the check. it’s not making sense.

anyways when I was younger I would often watch myself from other parts of the room but I think my mind was seeing me as if I was on the outside. As an adult when my memories fell out of my head, (an adult split) I saw 3 adults hazy shapes in front of me. They picked up my memories and gave them back – came back inside me as we made contact while handing me the memories. I could look through them like looking through a slightly frosted glass. Saw vehicles and trees when looking through them - which were still there when the images left. It was surreal.

anyone else?

[Jolisse]

I have outer body experiences all the time, it's usually caused by a severe anxiety attack.
Are you taking any medications, some meds can cause dissociative feelings.

thanks for this thread..

yes me too.

usually just at random, but their have been times when something's triggered it

they last about 20 minits for me, and usually are joined by a flashback of something i don't particularly want to remember

[Meisjes]

Jolisse and shattered sanity, thank you for responding
regarding the rent - my thought was that I had forgotten to pay it. then because I often second guess myself, I saw myself walk down the hall to pay it. There was a burst of anxiety but I didn't think it had been that high. not on meds during this time

as a child I wasn't on any meds. was witness to early childhood abuse, remember that physical punishment was always a possibility if found to be doing something perceived as unacceptable...so was always looking out for the body, location of self and others around me was importatnt, room is empty, someone in room. positioning in a room was important.

about 5 years ago - the 3 parts collecting my memories - was an extremely high anxiety situation - more like terror, mental anguish. I had just been to see a new primary female doctor who had yelled at me for trying to change from a male doctor to a female doctor. She said I didn't have the right, blah blah blah. I should have run out the door but had slipped into compliance/surivivor and was trying to explain why I wanted to change docs (past abuse, more comfortable with female etc.- if I could get her to understand she would change her mind, kind of thinking) She then told me she was gointg to interrogate me (her exact words) Her interrogation was rapidly repeated questions, even if I answered the question the first time, like in criminal interrogation - details about the abuse experiences....why I didn't leave.... or why I left...do you drink alcohol....do you smoke....why did you leave your family...... I couldn't not answer. It was awful. After it was over she told me I was now her patient and she asked with surprise why I was so upset. As I left the building I was disoriented and sobbing. Then the dissociation happened in the parking lot. I was on meds at this time as needed (off of therapy and weaning off meds) That appointment was excrutiating and recovery from it took a several years. I haven't had an extreme dissociation like this before while on meds or since, and am not on meds now. she's not my doctor lol.

Think my dissociations are triggered by situations or memory recall which I usually recognize after the fact.

Yes this has happened to me my whole life. It happened often during abuse . I feld like i floated up to the ceiling and watched from above.

[monarch_butterfly]

I do. When I was littlle i thought i was dreaming. It seems to happen most when i am bored and around other people.

Does anyone else get de ja vue a lot?