[elevatedsoul]

is this possibly where the dissociation comes from?
gonna ask pdoc about it...

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by elevatedsoul

is this possibly where the dissociation comes from?
gonna ask pdoc about it...

here where I live and work no dissociation doesnt come from the DSM5 or PTSD dissociative subtype.

here the DSM 5 is a book that the American Psychiatric Association wrote and published that contains information of what America recognizes as diagnostic labels for mental disorders and what America recognizes for diagnostic criteria for those mental disorders listed in this book.

Here PTSD is a diagnostic label for a group of symptoms and the wording dissociative subtype just means the diagnosing treatmetn provider must state whether the person is having dissociative symptoms (depersonalization, derealization, numbness....) along with their having their PTSD symptoms (anxiety, nightmares flashbacks, sleep problems.....)

here in my location dissociation is a completely normal, every human being does it on a normal level, in my location this is a reaction to good and bad triggers just like feeling angry if someone says something you dont like or crying because something sad happens. a person feels their dissociation (numbness spaciness foggy, disconnected from their self or others....)because something triggered them to feel that way.

what makes dissociation a disorder depends upon many factors like whether it interferes with a persons life in many different ways, how often they feel their dissociation symptoms how severe the symptoms are.

in me I dissociate at a normal level and I dissociate to the abnormal / not normal levels. what makes me dissociate many things, meds, sleep or lack there of, whats going on in my daily life, and sometimes other mental and physical problems.

my suggestion is talk with your treatment providers (or a treatment provider in your location ) they can tell you what dissociation is in your location, what parts of dissociation is normal for you and what is abnormal for you and how to treat it in you.

[Crazy Hitch]

I hope that you get the answers that you seek from your pdoc elevatedsoul.

Take care.