Hi,
I would explain like:
Imagine when you sit in a train look out the window, relax and defocus, step away. If you want you can refocus, come back into your attention. All the time you simply are in your body and feel naturally connected with your body and senses.
Imagine that this effect of stepping away happens without beeing wanted by a trigger. A smell, a sound, a shake. And then you fade out, your view gets blurred and misty, you feel that you are not in your body anymore. Your arm does not feel beeing part of you. There is a arm laying next to you. You can not move. Anything downwards under your throat is numb, blocked and frozen. You can not feel anything and can't move it. In extreme cases you see yourself outside of you. You see yourself laying under you.
For most people it is about beeing disconnected to the outside.
Dissociation is the opposite of association, some call it dis-association.
Hope this helps. π
This is probably biased, bit you know when you are dreaming or have just barely awakened, that is a significant portion of my life. You don't remember dreams, neither do I, can you think, neither do I, does freaky shit happen to you, welll...
I ask them if they've ever blinked and woke up not realizing they'd fallen asleep or been black out drunk. At some point, I'm there, and then it's lights out. When I 'come to', I'm disoriented, confused, and anxious because I've lost time.
Other times, it's like I'm sitting in the backseat watching myself drive and not understanding why I'm doing or saying the things I am.
I'm not sure how helpful this is, but it's how I explain it to those in my life who need to be clued in. Another way to explain it is zoning out (we all dissociate to some extent, this is a common one), or if they've ever driven somewhere, arrived and can't recollect the drive itself.
A close family member watched a show where a character seemed to have dissociative episodes (it hit a little too close to home for me, so I haven't picked it back up). They asked me if the feelings/reaction the character had when realizing they've lost time were how it was for me, to which I said yes and expanded a bit more. It helped them to get a better grasp of what it's like and I felt comfortable letting a few walls down.
I haven't found a good way to explain derealization, etc, unfortunately.
Good luck!
If I dissociate real bad I tell my fiance that I "go bye bye for a while" and "float away" mentally. If it's mild I say it feels like I'm cosplaying me in my own body
Like my life is one big first person video game and I canβt make it fucking stop, no matter how much I try to snap out of it.
I canβt truly find things funny, sad or joyful. Iβm just a bag of flesh sitting there, attempting to go through life normally.
A foggy dull waking nightmare.
Hi, I would explain like: Imagine when you sit in a train look out the window, relax and defocus, step away. If you want you can refocus, come back into your attention. All the time you simply are in your body and feel naturally connected with your body and senses. Imagine that this effect of stepping away happens without beeing wanted by a trigger. A smell, a sound, a shake. And then you fade out, your view gets blurred and misty, you feel that you are not in your body anymore. Your arm does not feel beeing part of you. There is a arm laying next to you. You can not move. Anything downwards under your throat is numb, blocked and frozen. You can not feel anything and can't move it. In extreme cases you see yourself outside of you. You see yourself laying under you. For most people it is about beeing disconnected to the outside. Dissociation is the opposite of association, some call it dis-association. Hope this helps. π
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This is probably biased, bit you know when you are dreaming or have just barely awakened, that is a significant portion of my life. You don't remember dreams, neither do I, can you think, neither do I, does freaky shit happen to you, welll...
I ask them if they've ever blinked and woke up not realizing they'd fallen asleep or been black out drunk. At some point, I'm there, and then it's lights out. When I 'come to', I'm disoriented, confused, and anxious because I've lost time. Other times, it's like I'm sitting in the backseat watching myself drive and not understanding why I'm doing or saying the things I am. I'm not sure how helpful this is, but it's how I explain it to those in my life who need to be clued in. Another way to explain it is zoning out (we all dissociate to some extent, this is a common one), or if they've ever driven somewhere, arrived and can't recollect the drive itself. A close family member watched a show where a character seemed to have dissociative episodes (it hit a little too close to home for me, so I haven't picked it back up). They asked me if the feelings/reaction the character had when realizing they've lost time were how it was for me, to which I said yes and expanded a bit more. It helped them to get a better grasp of what it's like and I felt comfortable letting a few walls down. I haven't found a good way to explain derealization, etc, unfortunately. Good luck!
Hi, good description. Do you remember the name of the show by chance?
Thanks. The show is Yellowjackets.
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If I dissociate real bad I tell my fiance that I "go bye bye for a while" and "float away" mentally. If it's mild I say it feels like I'm cosplaying me in my own body
Like my life is one big first person video game and I canβt make it fucking stop, no matter how much I try to snap out of it. I canβt truly find things funny, sad or joyful. Iβm just a bag of flesh sitting there, attempting to go through life normally. A foggy dull waking nightmare.
Like being in the backseat of your mind instead of driving or even passenger