notabled-noodle

because I haven't seen a whole heap of decent information about this... I thought I'd do a beginner's guide to dissociation

disorders that can cause dissociation include:

• DID
• OSDD
• PTSD
• depression
• OCD
• BPD
• DPDR
• anxiety
• eating disorders
• some people also experience dissociation due to chronic pain

being dissociated can feel like, but is not limited to:

• feeling disconnected from the world
• feeling "blurry", "buzzy", "foggy", or "out of it"
• not feeling any emotions
• not feeling any physical pain
• not remembering whole periods of time
• feeling like you're floating outside of your body
• your brain constantly going in and out of focus

dissociation is generally broken down into two categories:

• derealisation: the feeling that the world around you is unreal, foggy, or just out of reach
• depersonalisation: the feeling of being outside of yourself, or of not feeling real

I hope this is a helpful post, and that I've made people more aware of what dissociation actually is. if you have any follow-up questions, please feel free to ask!

c-ptsdrecovery

There are normal kinds of dissociation, which almost everybody does. For instance, you can be driving down the road and suddenly realize you don’t really remember the last two miles because you were thinking about something else. That’s normal dissociation; almost everybody does that. 

However, some levels of “phasing out” can be really disruptive to your life. Here’s an online test you can take to see how much you’re dissociating.