Posted by Pfinstegg on August 8, 2004, at 19:32:57
In reply to Re: Being treated for a dissociative disorder, posted by Dinah on August 7, 2004, at 20:07:26
Just from following your posts- can it really be a year and a half by now?- it's never crossed my mind that you had any more dissociative tendencies than normal either. I guess everyone does it a little bit, but it;'s only when you get big, unknown parts cut off from the *you* that you know that you have to work to reclaim those parts in therapy. I don't know for sure, but from what I have learned about myself, as well as what I have learned here on PB, I don't think it happens to an excessive extent unless real abuse has occurred during one's childhood. Everyone who has posted about it seems to have had roughly the same childhood history. Still, I'd be really interested to know if it occurs in other situations, such as detached, manipulative, hostile, narcissistic mothers and fathers, etc.
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