Posted by fairywings on July 24, 2005, at 14:05:41
In reply to Re: Feeling Threatened *might trigger* » fairywings, posted by gardenergirl on July 24, 2005, at 13:16:44
> Hi jazzy/fairwings. I love both names.
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> Dissociation is actually a continuum. It can range from something like what happens when you are driving and you suddenly realize you've gone a few miles and don't remember them...to feeling a bit numb, to actually floating up out of your body..and everything in between.
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> Like Dinah said, it's a coping mechanism--not necessarily an adaptive one all the time, but definitely had its uses at times. Even as an adult..think about if you ever had to face an emergency...did you just act and then feel the fear later? That is dissociation, too.
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> It's terribly irresponsible of your T to link it to schizophrenia. Some folks use the term "schizophrenic" to mean when someone splits into two or more. That's really not a proper use of the term anymore, since it confuses two mental disorders, neither of which I've seen evidence in your posts that you have.
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> gg
Thanks GG,You are so sweet! Both to like both names, and to say you don't see any evidence of the two mental disorders mentioned above. I guess, given the continuum, I might dissociate when I get lost in my thoughts, listening to music, that kind of thing, but I never feel numb, or out of my body.
My husband told me to ask my T what he was trying to elicit from me when he said that I dissociate, and when he said dissociation is "kind of schizophreic". He really thinks my T was trying to elicit a response from me. My T said I had trouble expressing anger, and I had just told him I wasn't feeling things as strongly as I used to, so maybe he was trying to get under my skin!? If so, he certainly succeeded! If so he's brilliant and if not, well, then there's a problem! Our best sessions have been where he's pissed me off about one thing or another, and it's been kind of every other week, so maybe next week will be a good session?
I hope he was trying to get a reaction, and not being irresponsible. I'll let you know what happens.
FW
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