does anyone who suffers with co consciousness ever just numb out?

If i am talking to someone just lately my mind strays and i just go all stary and my mind goes numb ..... sometimes if people around me are talking i like to stay out of the conversation, like a kid waiting for mother to stop talking before speaking out .

My concentration is terrible too ... Jin

I do this A LOT. I also do it a LOT in therapy. It's worse when I'm more stressed out in general. I just talked to T about this at my last session, and he has some suggestions for me on how to try to stay present, but I haven't really been able to use them.

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i do it a lot in therapy too, my T has noticed this also .... i get so frustrated ...... (((((((((((((((earthmama)))))))))))))))

ty for replying, Jinny xoxoxoxoxoxo

[complic8d]

I feel like this all the time. I forget what I'm saying in the middle of a sentece, what I was going to do, etc.
I also will just stare off into space. This happens a lot when there is anything emotional going on. And, it has really gotten bad at therapy, I seem to be getting nothing done because my mind just goes on pause.
Well, at least I know others do this too.
Take care.

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Sometimes it is comforting to know you'renot on your own, even though you hate the thought that others are going through it ....

take care, Jin xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[fgh]

yeah. it's good for me. nona

[SerenitysWave]

yup, sure do...i can relate jinnyann... ((((jinnyann))) i for the life of me today could remember how to do a task at work that I have done a million times.... i was in a fog all day...forgetful, sometimes my speak was not understandable... very frsutrated and teary...

[___Shadow___]

I try to focus on a picture or something I can relate to and the Numb outs arn't so many.

[Eteles]

Yep, all the time. We just zone out, don't know what happens. Generally it's short enough for us to just say, "Come again?" in a conversation - or if we're having a conversation in which we want to come off as intelligent, we say "Hmm... Could you please state that in a different way?" so maybe the person we're talking to thinks we want them to clarify their position rather than restate it because we were off in No-where-land. LOL. I don't think we're fooling anybody, though...
Before, I thought it was just the ADD. But now that I know more about dissociation...

Some days are worse than others. On the worse days, we try to keep in mind that it's going to happen. Sometimes that helps. Most of the time, though... *Shrug.* We lose a lot of objects, so whenever an object is important, we put it in a place we can't get to easily and return it to that place as soon as possible.

Really frustrating, though, is when you haven't lost something or don't not know something because you're drawing a blank, but because it's really just lost. Like when you think you just zoned out and maybe somebody just said something, but it turns out they didn't say anything at all, or you think you must have done something with your keys, but they fell out of your pocket and slid into the couch cushions. You start thinking that everything fell out of your head in the numb moment, but really, you can figure it out if you just trust what you DO remember.

It's confusing stuff. I just try to laugh at it when I can. There are times when it's really frustrating, but frustration almost never helps, so I try to move on to something else for a while. Unfortunately, neither of those things are always possible...

soetimes i can be somewhere really familiar and i dont recognise it, or it seems wierd for a few seconds .... someone with DID says it's a memory trying to come through ..... scary Jin x

[SophiaG]

I get like that when i disassociate....

My mind goes numb and i feel very blank. I guess the key for me is to try and unlock the part of me that i lost. I usually do this by reading the bible because it focuses on bringing out the areas which i've buried ( love, joy, emotion itself).

Perhaps do things that will unlock yourself? On the other hand this might be traumatic for you. For me it is just a relief because I feel whole again and feel like myself.

usually it happens in therapy. Then sometimes i can just be mid conversation. It also happens in big Supermarkets, though they scare me so it could be panic. Sometimes if I'm reing a really long post on here I numb out too ....

guess I'm a bit wierd ... Jx

[wanttoheal]

(((((((jinny)))))) I think it's probably somewhat "normal" when the emotions are more than what the brain can handle. Numbing out is a safety mechanism in my opinion and sometimes it's needed. Be kind to yourself. I hope things calm down for you soon.

[Fuzzybear]

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It hapened twice today. We went into town and I saw a friendI havent seen for a couple of years .... we were talking and i felt myself going off into space. Then my daughters ex 'fs mum and sister stopped to chat too .... i felt overwhelmed and retreated into myself a bit .... i go back to feeling quite small ... i always used to stand on the outside of conversations because mother never included me. At the time i feel unworthy of people talking to me ... i know i have to get over this ....

Jin x