Dissociation Explained: Symptoms, Triggers, and Treatment
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 28. 05. 2024
- Ever zoned out while driving or felt like you were watching your life from outside your body? You're not alone. This video explains dissociation, a common but often misunderstood experience.
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Thank you so much Dr. Tracy I really believe this!! I was at a traffic light texting and zoned out the car behind had to hit the horn then I woke up and kept gone on the highway!! Love you peace!!
@@cmack5713 Check your meds and your sleep. You are dangerous on the road to the rest of us.
Can you do a video on paranoia schizophrenia and gangs stalking
đ€You have help me greatly and does trauma bonding, in reference to this important topic have a medical term that is used specifically when a client has a trusted physician. đ€First time I had to seek a consultation. Thank you. . .đđ
I 'depersonalised' a lot when I was a kid and regularly felt like I was hovering above my physical self, observing
Same here.
I disassociate often, and I can say that exercising has helped. Additionally, having my little stress ball keeps me grounded. Mental health is a lifelong journey, and I wish everyone out there peace and kindness. đâïž
You as well â€
i like how you note that mental health is a lifelong journey, because it is, i remember during the start of my anxiety disorder, i thought surely it was the end for me, i was truly convinced that i would eventually go lights out at the intensity and rate of the anxiety, 7-8 panic attacks a day back to back for months, it was easily the worst thing i've experienced in my life.
and yet, 5 years later, i'm still right here.
i didn't realize this at the time, but, the brain is incredibly resilient, life can thrash you around in the dirt and leave you out to die, but as long as you have the two essentials; a pulse, and a will to proceed and persist, you will not only recover but you'll come out with multiple times the fortitude. you learn a lot of things in the midst of torment, that's what i didn't know at that time.
@@ChristopherGray00 Thatâs very insightful, Christopher. Thank you for sharing! Namaste. đ
I love to dissociate when people around me engage in small talk and petty gossip. I also dissociate when the people I'm talking to are unimaginative, closed minded, have nothing original to bring to to the table while wasting my time. To me dissociation feels like an act of self preservation on the part of my mind.
indeed a guilty pleasure that we dont want to reveal đ„Č
The real key is learning how to deal with all the bs in this world rather than blackout.
Same
This! I can only stand so much before I âleaveâ the conversation while still standing there. Itâs like torture trying to pay attention
i donât know if using dissociation as a coping mechanism is necessarily a healthy thing or not⊠(i do it sometimes as well lol)
so spacing out for a minute is dissociation? I LOVE to dissociate! Im just afraid Im in constant dissocation and one day Im going to "wake up" back into reality and realize 20 years went by!!!
What do u love about it ?
@@tissah4444 giving my mind a rest. Staring at a cloud for minutes and feeling absolutely nothing. It's like a spiritual reset or something.
Could you be tapping into a different wavelength sometimes, and not really dissociating?
I too love to do it, but sometimes I think I am not really dissociating, but more like in another time/space zone. It's longer in duration in my mind than outside... đ€·đ»ââïž
@@artifundio1 interesting!!! I have noticed that my tinnitus increases big time! do you experience this? It also does when I pray. shit you not
@@5150Targeted mmm.. I don't remember any pain during those moments, but I also don't remember sound being relevant either. So maybe there's something to consider about the hearing (or loss of it) and I didn't "put it into the picture" until now.
I can remember that when I found myself in this "still flow-states" I was often either outside listening to real nature sounds, or listening to one single song on repeat for a while.
I also remember this happening to me while praying, and time becoming very relative.
There's something really lovable about this lady. I bet it would be great to be her neighbour, go around for a chat and drink tea or something.
Thatâs so sweet :)
I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Marks for my podcast. She is a shark đŠ from page to page in ANY textbook and just an all around joy to talk to. Bucket list line checked! â
I didn't know this was dissociation. I've been doing this my entire life.
The more you know! đ
dont fall for it... just more liberals trying to medicate you
Likewise
I ws diagnosed with ADHD first, and then once we dug deeper I was diganosed with a dissociative disorder. I dissociate about 90% of the time.
ofcourse you were diagnosed.... doctors are playing you. do better... you are losing
I believe this is becoming even more common given the ever increasing reliance on technology and screen time.
I'm sure it has always been common since humans have ever existed. Life is quite hostile you know. Nature, yeah, observe how it works.
I tend to daydream and zone out a lot but not an out of body kind of thing. I do this a lot when I'm in a lot of stress and it seems like something I do to help deal with the stress.
same, like it's more like I hit "mute" on all my senses. I never considered it was dissociation, I thought that's what day dreaming was like for everybody! Unfortunately it often happens at inopportune moments, but that part of it was always attributed to adhd.
Turns out I'm on the spectrum and probably _don't_ have adhd! The zoning out as a consequence of being overtaxed makes much more sense than being a marker for adhd.
â@@trippingthelight
I was diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD because I would âzone out like that in the afternoon, but I don't think that's what it is. It happens mostly after I was stressed/ overwhelmed, by myself in a room, and usually at home. I sat down and 2 hours would just go by. But I didn't feel refreshed afterwards like I would after I slept or meditated. It wasn't daydreaming either- it felt like I hadn't thought anything at all during that time. The best description would be a time jump or a short-circuit.
Likewise. I've been doing this since I was a child
Many years ago, I was walking home from the grocery store, when all of a sudden, I had no idea where I was. Instead of panicking, I decided to keep walking until something looked familiar. I walked half a block PAST my house, before I realized where I was. That incident was very alarming and it made me wonder of it was a precursor for Alzheimer's.
Lately, I have trouble concentrating. I used to absorb info very quickly. Now, I often have to read things more than once or rewind a video, to make sure I didn't miss something, because I often zone out. Sometimes, my thoughts are a like a boat with no oars and no engine.
I relate to the looking around and not knowing how you got there or time lapses. Itâs terrifying to look around and wonder what just happened and how you got to a half hour later in a blink of an eye.
That has happened to me as well. I have AuDHD and c-PTSD. I am getting worse at reading maps. It makes me afraid to go very far from home.
Thank you Dr Marks for covering this little understood condition.
I have c-ptsd with severe dissociative episodes. I 'lose' huge chunks of memory whenever I get overly stressed, as far as I can tell-that time is just gone. People don't 'get' it, and most personal relationships fall apart after they live through it with me a time or two. I am lucky enough to have a good mental health team. But I'm exhausted. And I'm lonely.
i have just commented on a similar thing like this here (guess mine was longer hehe) ..having to watch Dr.Marks here and reading your post help me understand that i may indeed have as well cptsd and i also lost chunks of important memory and i just turned 30 and am kind of freaking out a bit to be honest when i thought i am actually doing well... i believe i need to work on more about mindfulness exercises mentioned. ...just want to ask if you dream most of the times and you actually remember most of it and sometimes wake up being confused if that dream was actually a part of your past memory or not? it's okay if you wont respond am just curious to know if this resonates with others, thank you for sharing and thank you for your time đđŒđ€
@@blessing291Good question! Most of the time I experience very poor sleep and have no dreams at all. But, when I dream, I have basically two types of dreams.
1) 100% lucid-I know I'm asleep and dreaming and I can affect the dream by decision. These are pleasant occasionally, but often I feel more 'real' in those than during waking hours.
2) Night terrors, I guess you would call them? I rarely remember them, but I act them out + if someone wakes me I respond with physical aggression before I know I'm actually awake.
Sometimes I worry I'm easily gaslight into believing an event did not happen, or that I remember it incorrectly, or that it did happen and I just don't remember-because so much of my waking life is...not reliable. It's my experience that when you are doing well, you can actually see where you aren't. When you dissociate - you can't see the crisis - because you are not there to see it. It's the aftermath and the lead up when you can really be preset and aware.
Mindfulness really helps. I've been seeing a therapist for fast-emdr and that has helped a good bit, it's strange when you start to see how much trauma the body remembers, even when you don't. I find tapping VERY helpful for grounding and always carry some small stones for grounding exercises too. The 5-4-3-2-1 method works well as well. In my personal experience-you need to be able to recognize your warning symptoms, so you can use the grounding exercises before things progress too far. (in my case, depersonalization and derealization are acceptable as long as I don't fully dissociate).
Last thought in this already long response: If you have access mental health care - find a provider that works with c-ptsd and dissociation frequently. I've met too many professionals who did not understand what is meant by deperson/derealization and/or how they are different from dissociation. Hope that helps or at least answers some questions.
Not outside my body but certainly I feel alienated and aloof from my surroundings
That's derealization
Yes. When my doctor prescribed gabapentin, I felt as though I was standing next to myself, watching.
The first time I took psychiatric meds I could see myself in third person perspective. As if watching a movie or playing a very realistic video game. It freaked me out. Eventually my doctor changed my meds.
its scary to think how freely these psych meds are given and the potential (side) effects it has had on our population! not sure introducing chemicals to a mentally ill brain is the best idea wtf đ±đ± I wish for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and unadulterated food to eat.. if we simply had that, maybe the rest would work itself out! đ€·ââïž unending pollution by the petropharmaceutical industry is destroying the minds &bodies of all our earth's creatures!! â pray
Do you still take gabapentin?
This is exactly what happened to me! It was prescribed for anxiety but it just made me panic externally somehow đ
doctors are playing you.. get off the pills. you are losing.. and fell for it
Dissociation is a significant part of my PTSD diagnosis
you dont have ptsd... doctors want to own you and most likely you fell for it
@@youaresoft-ee4ub why should I believe some stranger hiding behind an anonymous profile on the internet?
@@BipolarCourage because i devote my life to calling out the soft.
@@youaresoft-ee4ub oohhh, aren't you so tough hiding away
@@BipolarCourage im not hiding, im right here... calling all you out. let me guess... the doctor perscribed you meds...
Thank you, Dr. Marks.
I suffer fairly significant dissociations, and frequently. I'm working with my doctors to overcome these things. It's been a long long fight, and I'm very tired.
Keep going â€ïž I wish you all the best in your journey.
Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it's just so hard to source out here
waaa my anxiety ...waaaaaaa...
As someone that experiences psychosis, Psychosis feels real but everything is not real, Dissosation is when you feel like nothing is real but is real
It feels surreal
I went through a very traumatic experience and dissociation was how I survived. As a therapist I always saw it as a bad thing but when I went through it, it became clear to me that it was necessary for my survival. I honestly donât know if I could have gotten through it without the experience. Thanks for sharing this experience with the community.
2022 was a very bad year and i went through alot. Since then, i have never been able to fully associate again. I am in this constant state of anxiety, even when relaxed.. almost like the trauma is in a pressure cooker and i have to keep it closed.. So i disassociate. I'm glad to know it's a thing.
I really love the art for the day-dreaming part. Now I have watch the video again to hear what was being talked about.
My dad had a dissociative episode with compete amnesia for almost two days. It was so scary.
2:10 - 2:24 I don't need to be up on a stage to feel that. In every day human interaction, I experience that. It makes me feel like so inept.
Me too
The spectrum of dissociation is fascinating. When I was younger I had a very active imagination and would zone out a lot. That never bothered me at all. Then I developed DR and DP and that was literal hell.
I am always zoned out and I love it! It helps me protect my peace. When folks are gossiping I zone them out. I join in when I am interested.
Love the visuals throughout the videos now! â€
I zone out often, at the point i forget where i put my phone, keys, wallet, coffee mug, etc. even when i moved them just 20 seconds ago. I also miss my roundabout exits, miss messages even though I've 'read' them and ask again just to get a confused 'already told you', and zone out immediately after asking someone something verbally and i have no idea what they've said. Partially i think it has to do with my lower anxiety, in the past i was afraid to drive and have conversations (especially with authority figures like teachers and bosses), so i was super aware, but now that I've relaxed on these issues i zone out a lot more. It's frustrating and it makes me feel incompetent, like my mind s gonna fly out of the window any day now.
Is there an overlap with ADHD symptoms?
Likewise! I feel the exactly same way. All the time, every where. Now I have learned to write things down or put in alarm on my phone to remind me of everything. I place timers to trigger my memory and when traveling even at a short distance I put on my GPS. That way it prompts me and I can remember where I was going. Technology def has helped but as soon as my phone is off and I donât get those reminders Iâm screwed đ©. Anyways canât be perfect all the time âșïžlol.
I donât really notice my dissociative episodes until stuff likeâŠgetting lost on the street next to my home right before I get home. Itâs really scary, and it made me want to leave my house less and less.
One really weird thing that happened to me is once I was robbed at gunpoint and I literally thought: this is not real, that's not a real gun. I'm not sure if that was dissociation but I find it curious. Thankfully I came out of it unharmed, I even handed them my phone in the most robotic way lol
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I have always struggled with episodes of feeling unreal and feeling like my surroundings are not real. Like I'm dreaming. I can function through it, but its like trying to walk through thick mud. I feel like everything is so far and i have hard times understanding people when they talk to me.
I dont know if its any good that i can be functional while in this state, because yes, I can live my life and do the bare minimum to stay alive but because of that many professionals don't understand why I want therapy or even how to help me.
That really sounds like dissociation. Yeah getting therapy for it is very tough.. :/
I recently realized I was dissociating mid conversation at work. I was so overwhelmed and completely just stopped listening and staring off into space. It wasnât long but it was noticeable
I so appreciate you, Dr. Marks.
Lately I've been experimenting dissociations. The other day my friend was talking to me and I was listening but for a moment my mind just.. went away and only could hear the last part of his sentence.. I had to explain what just happened and he was like what?? Also I have lose memory and makes me feel horrible, I forget words that I already use maybe a few minutes earlier specially when I'm teaching. I have to tell my students.. I can't remember the word but I'll remember later, I'll explain the definition or whatever I'm teaching. So I say leave one part blank for the name. It's kind of embarrassing but I have to do it
You sound like me. I can't remember words words. Either, it is so embarrassing.
Have you been checked for epilepsy?
My friend did something similar in high school, happened every now and then. She didnât find out until in college living with a roommate who noticed, that she had epilepsy.
i was just about to see if you had a video like this!! what a nice coincidence. i needed this right now, i appreciate your content very much
I have derealization/ depersonalization brought on by weed and social anxiety/panic attacks. I got stuck like this for 24 years.. I'm not sure I'll ever be free from it and to feel like myself, from 24 years ago, is scary now. It's hard to feel emotion. I'm stuck on high alert and have trust issues because I cannot connect to myself and others. It's hard to explain. Emdr seems like the answer, but a lot of therapists are afraid to try it on me. So maybe talk therapy for now, and grounding.. But that's scary. Thank you Dr. As always I appreciate your videos, experience and ability to explain these disorders in an easy way.đ
Dissociative amnesia is a bit unsettling. The first thing i remember âforgettingâ was when I spent many of my nights during my senior year up with my parents. My father would come home drunk, in a rage, and I was there to make sure he did not kill my mother. Having caught him strangling her once, I barely slept most nights. I had to be alert, even as I slept. The nightmares I had helped make sleeping more difficult, and waking up pretty easy.
One day, my mother mentioned his having brought in a gun the night before. I had no memory of it, at all. What gun? Then, she told me heâd thrown it into my lap, together with the change in his pockets. He then told me to shoot him, as that I now had all his money, which was all we wanted from him.
That was the first time. There have been other times. My therapist said this was a gift from god. I find it a bit troublesome. What else do I not remember?
i have it 24/7. pain in the ass with no real treatment besides things like â feel the floor beneath your feetâ or âcount the colors around you@ which does nothing
Ergh RIGHT?!
Thank you for doing a video on this! Iâve had dissociation since I was in middle school and it hasnât stopped since then
I'm currently experiencing depersonalization... thank you for the video Dr. Tracey
My therapist recently helped me realize that I occasionally get HYPOaroused; I get overwhelmed in large social gatherings. It happened way back at my wedding reception and at my motherâs service back inâ22.
iâve experienced derealization before and it felt so scary i called my mom because i was freaking out so bad
Thank you for going over this Dr. Marks. My DP/DR and MDD w/ PF feels seen.
Thank you so much to making videos about this. Its been a challenge dealing with dissociation and even trying to explain it a lot of people have treated it as an excuse as it I wanted to leave everything behind and appear in a different state -.-. Its annoying but manageable
Thank you Dr Tracey
Youâre the best â€
Thankyou ma'am all your vedios are very well explained thnkyou for the useful knowledge
Thanks for sharing.
Letâs goo another video đ
Thank you so much for putting this how It's understandable. I appreciate you
Thank you for another great video.
I am experiencing this from protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal. It has been almost 3 months of feeling like I am in a dream. I donât even feel safe driving a car so itâs quite debilitating.
I am also same i reinstated klonopin but it won't go away
I am experiencing your same situation
Thank you! Thank you! đ
God bless you!
I have narcolepsy and as I was listening I was thinking I have not been able to explain this to people. I have these experiences regularly. Wow this is so helpful. I am so impressed to it awareness of this. Even in my narcolepsy groups this is not talked about. I was going to share on my CZcams page and how I experience narcolepsy.â€â€â€
Thank you again
Your tips are helpful.
Thanks!
đž I had fright at work, I have no memory of meeting or demo of something being shown
I have been going through terrible stress at work
I want to get better
Iâm making sure I get stress down and sleep well
Not sure whatâs wrong but I want to get well soon and I will do my best
I have been having terrible migraines that last days, I reported it to my doc and got meds for it
But I want to cure migraines and not just treat symptoms
This was very helpful. Thank you
Hi Dr Tracey, your videos are life-changing and so helpful, truly appreciate your hardwork! Thank you for sharing all these information with us and sending much love to you xx
I've been looking into this for myself, this video came at the right time for me! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
I love the way you simplify complex MH issues. I work as a peer support specialist and while I don't treat consumers as a clinician would. I like having a better understanding of the disorders they mention. D.I.D is a blackhole for me since I don't personally know wnyone with D.I.D. I have a consumer I help and finding out more about this is very helpful.
Great content. Thank you!
I dissociate when I get an interesting idea for a story, image, script or other potential piece of media. Being able to fully block out the world and focus only on the concept and shape it in my mind allows me to bring that idea into the real world. I imagine that most creatives also do this.
Thanks, Dr. Marks. I'm from Poland and we use ICD (still the 10th edition) instead of DSM here. A year ago I got diagnosed with dissociative convulsions, which changed to mixed dissociative disorder diagnosis lately. I've been dealing with this since childhood and hardly anyone understood what I meant when I was saying that "I'm absent" or sth, so I'm glad you make videos on this topic even though ICD and DSM are much different in describing those conditions. Maybe more people will understand what dissociation really is. Thanks!
I was told by my psychiatrist that my dissociation episodes were caused by serotonin toxicity. Once I switched antidepressants they stopped for the most part. I still have them from time to time but no longer are they an every day occurrence.
The feeling of observing myself from outside my body is quite unnerving!
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Serotonin syndrome is scary. Glad you got that figured out
whatâs serotonin toxicity?
@@rosyybear Itâs when your brain produces too much serotonin.
Itâs where your brain produces too much serotonin.
@@rosyybear It is when your brain produces too much serotonin.
Recently was able to remember my early days. Journal works for me. Written body scan and self analysis gives me control. I want therapy.
As soon as i started gabapentin i started forgetting where i was, where I was going, what i was doing, what i was saying... i would forget words halfway through saying them... I even forgot the names of my closest friends for days on end... I thought I had dementia before age 30... my hair also started falling out in clumps and my muscles were constantly twitching... the idiots who did my 4-hr neuro-psych evaluation told me it's 100% due to "my depression" and has nothing to do with the DANGEROUS drugs they stuck me on...
Yess, I have a dissociative disorder and Fibromyalgia and unfortunately Gapapentin is the only thing that helps the latter, but definitely makes the former worse.
It's a cool experience to be walking somewhere immersed in thought. Then arriving without being aware of how you got there. I've been doing this for years with short and long distances.
Very useful information.â€
Clear explanation of a complex subject. Very impressive. Thanks.
Your videos are so helpful and you are really easy to listen to as you get to the point very quickly. Thank you for your videos! â€
When I was in my twenties, I used to dissociate and experience feelings of unreality. It would happen in grocery stores for some reason and it was like I was floating out of my body. I wouldnât feel intact again until I got home. This started when I was a teenager and I would feel out of body while talking to others and I remember faking it, telling myself nobody will notice just act normal.
I drew this profile picture in a homeless shelter. Violence around me. Depression around me. Insanity around me. A pandemic around me. Nothing could bother me. I was simply too busy, and too occupied to be homeless and depressed. Wich created a very peacefull environment for people in need. Lots of people were in awe.
It was either doing this, or spiralling out of control, creating more CPTSD.
There's dissociation, then there is me, drawing a cathedral, in the middle of a homeless shelter. A better defence mechanism.
I always describe as seeing the world from behind my eyes, not outside my body. I just thought it was part of MDD. When you mentioned mirrors, I kinda got a shock in my gut. In my head, I always see my younger self (I'm not deluded into thinking that I'm still young, but I don't recognize the reflection for the first few seconds, and then I dismiss it, not wanting to think about it). Thinking back, I always avoided mirrors, even when I was younger.
Dr Marks this the type of stuff scares me I know it sounds trivial but thank you for taking time to explain it love from the Queen City. â€
By God..If you're prone to daydreaming and struggle with time, one thing you can try is omitting the sugar from the coffee. Easy for Dr. Marks to explain considering she's a real doctor.
I have DID. Good times all around. Ive accepted all of mes
In my humble opinion, anyone experiencing these symptoms could benefit greatly if they go to their doctor and explain their symptoms and ask for a referral to a mental health professional. Psychiatrist, counselor. Please get a professional diagnosis. You do not have to do this alone. Help is out there. â€â€â€
Wow , I think this has been going on for a while . I seem to dissociate a lot when I am outside to kind of zone out peoples rudenessâs towards me . I think I have even blacked out a couple timed due to abuse and gaslighting . Itâs difficult because one I am legally blind and have to focus on my environment and 2 Ms I have single sided deafness . I am a mother too and want to pay close attention to my kids when we are out and about . The struggle is focusing on my childrenâs needs while trying to navigate peoples rudeness while taking care of responsibilities . I live in Philadelphia so . Never knew that people could be so rude here in this city. Funny thing is I have lived here all my life .
If anyone wonders: Go watch that Black Mirror Episode where they put people's minds in other peoples heads. The woman sitting in a pitch black Room, watching her husband experience life on a screen. This is what dissociation feels like to me.
In September 2016, my grandmother (who raised me) was dying from ALS on the other side of the country while I was being abused by a male roommate (he displayed ASPD traits, but I didn't understand at the time).
The auditory hallucinations started around 2 or 3 PM. I thought my roommate was trying to kill me. I sat outside on the porch believing I was being arrested and sent to jail for 15 years for scaring a kid and her dad (who weren't there). I had actually posted on twitter about accidentally scaring a girl, because I truly believed everything around me. It felt like a nightmare, but I could pinch myself and feel pain so I thought it was real. I became paranoid that tiny cameras were everywhere, people could read my thoughts, etc. A little over 24 hours later my best friend held my hand and drove me to the ER to speak with crisis, and I was placed in a psych ward for a little under a week. Dissociative Psychosis is what the psychiatrist there said. Basically, I had become so stressed and was dissociating to the point where I reached a psychotic break. Diagnosed with BPD a year later.
Hasn't happened since, though I do dissociate mildly when stressed (walking down the street and suddenly being a few blocks further than you thought, can't recall crossing the street or if you even acknowledged the safe crossing light). BPD is well-managed. I'm going into my third year in college, a psych major (minor in sociology), dean's list... the works.
I've dissociated intentionally many times. I think I started doing it as a child when my mom went into a rage. I have had an experience that I was floating above my body after ending a psychologically abusive relationship. I regularly have involuntary dissociation when I'm working because I feel like I'm doing work that is not true to who I am. Pretty sure I've been living with CPTSD since I've been a child.
6:35 with this i think when being around certain people like family after being away and changing, your identity can feel trapped and repressed because of the knowledge of what the family will think or do. Like being strong and gone and then coming back in a weaker state can make you feel trapped and unable to get better or reassume the identity. Maybe itâs because we havenât blended them into ourselves and just use them separately? Maybe we have to think of self, like reflect and understand ourselves and the farther we stray the harder it gets? Itâs like digging to get out of a hole but you canât dig your way out and then you burry yourself. If you donât stop to process and then look at yourself again, you canât identify the differences and grow. Like people hide from the reflection because it means change and the greater the hole the greater the knowledge and people canât handle understanding. Maybe they misunderstand and only see the bad or get blinded by the knowledge. These thoughts always eat me but teach me. Itâs like tearing yourself apart and becoming a Frankenstein when you donât process and just adopt. You gotta reflect and fine tune it.
We will conquer our dissociation
I used to dissociate on dextromethorphan a lot. It gave me that floating feeling like I was laying on a magic carpet. It was very enjoyable. Of course I fried my brain quite a bit.
when we think of the word "psukhĂ©" (ÏÏ ÏÎź) or "psykhĂ©" which is usually translated as "soul" or "breath of life", we wonder what kind of illness (something + "osis") can afflict
what is not of the order of the visible, the sensitive and therefore the describable (to establish a diagnosis)?
Aren't we dealing here with semantic deviations?
surfing on original ignorance, like me: one night, just before falling asleep (I must have been between 3 and 4 years old) I pretended to reprimand
my brother (as my mother would have done for example: mimicry) who was older than me and who was completely asleep right next to me when suddenly a curtain rod which was leaning against the wall fell on me.
It was dark so being unable to see anything, I started screaming in fear waking everyone up.
in my child's mind, I had received a hit from a curtain rod so it must have been the work of someone who was in the room.
I began to accuse others without proof (my brothers and sisters and a young maternal aunt visiting us at the time).
everyone was asleep and the curtain rod could well have fallen under gravity.
of course everyone denied anything and since that day, I have remained with this mystery materialized by the fear of the dark.
I will soon be 67 years old.
since none of the people in the room hit me with a curtain rod, who or what else did it?
logical question but the anxiety lies in the fact that this question, at least as far as I am concerned, has never received an answer and this lack of answer which must have been just as logical as the question itself
turned into a fear of the dark.
If someone has ADHD and their focus wonders so badly that they dont seem present in a convo, or don't know anything about what they've read aloud, is THAT dissociation?
What is the cause of daydreaming? What function does it serve?
Dr. Marks: Please explain the sensation of sinking into the earth when standing.
Please provide Polish subtitles for the film đâ€
I have a.d.d adderaIl has helped me a lot it does give me some anxiety but I just take 10 mg now and exercise which has helped a lot
I'd love a video that would explain about the connection between the microbiome, liver, and brain. (And, Candida.)
Been going through a lot because of all of em. And the more I dig, the more I find. From the pills I take, to the food at home, to the impulses I have throughout the day. I'm really tired guys
Thank you yes I have had auditory hallucinations but where does my bipolar fit into disassociation disorder I am manic depressive and sometimes I completely shut down my eyes close my head drops and I breath deeply I seriously had trouble at work I was accused of sleeping but I just couldn't function thanks for these clips much appreciated đâŻïž
I zone out alot ,always ,everyday
Hello I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizotypy and I do not know what it means, please help. Thank you.
My boyfriend talks to himself regularly. When I ask him who heâs talking to, he gets defensive.
I often wonder how often therapists/psychiatrist/ those in the mental health field consider how societal structures play into mental health issues - the marker of sanity shouldnât be how well one can function within an insane society or dysfunctional circumstances. With the exception of genetic tendencies, It often seems that so many mental issues are birthed from awful circumstances, and not everyone has the privilege/ability to change their circumstances; so then couldnât assigning someone mental health labels/medication compound issues?
Can you get dpdr with no known trauma? I've had this since I was 14, I'm 27 now I Don't know how to get out
It really only happens when I get really comfortable, or tired, or overstimmed
Can you please make a video about reactive attachment disorder I have that disorder amongst others I have adhd, cptsd, depression, almost al sorts of anxiety and in tired
I would LOVE to hear about how the use of the internet causes dissociation. I find i feel like a floating head after beingnon my phone too long .
I usually feel like I'm watching my life happen like its in a movie, or YT video.
i recently heard that intense or wrong medidation when in an unstable state can cause psychosis.
what do you think about that and have you heard about this?
I also had recently doctor's tell me that i am at risk of psychoisis, so i am afraid of trying meditation. i also think that meditation could make me disassociate because i often "zone out" when i think about or focus too much on my body because then it feels almost "too real" idk