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Posted by lynn970 on September 13, 2005, at 20:37:03
I saw that word on the boards before. I don't know what that is.
Posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 21:14:50
In reply to What is disassociation?, posted by lynn970 on September 13, 2005, at 20:37:03
> a split in the conscious process in which a group of mental activities breaks away from the main stream of consciousness and functions as a separate unit, as if belonging to another person b) the abnormal separation of related ideas, thoughts, or emotions.
there are a variety of different dissociative disorders.
Posted by rjlockhart98 on September 13, 2005, at 21:21:46
In reply to What is disassociation?, posted by lynn970 on September 13, 2005, at 20:37:03
Disociation is experienced in a tramatizing situation. A murder, a wreck, or something that was so is painful that the mind litterally shuts off reality. You feel numb, detached from your body, feel your going insane. But its your body's reaction defense mechansism to cope with a stressful sitaution.
Dissociation itself is feelings of numbess, detachment, and feeling unreality. Usally this is during or after a tramatic event. Then if it continues, such as childhood Multiple personalites emererge to cope.
Also known as Dissociaive Idenity Disorder (Multiple personality disorder) which you litterlly switch a personality is developed to cope with the situation. There was on case Sybil, she had 16 diffrent personalities. There was a movie with Sally Field (1976) which she plays as Sybil. Each personality is created to cope, be dominant or the aggressive personality to react to abuse. Such as if someone is abusing you, Tony will come out and take them on who ever is.
Here is some litterature:
http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html
http://www.panicanxietydisorder.org.au/7_Dissociation%20symptoms.html
http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00045600.html
http://www.m-a-h.net/library/did-general/mpd-did.htm
Posted by spriggy on September 13, 2005, at 22:28:12
In reply to Re: What is disassociation?, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 13, 2005, at 21:21:46
I get this when I have full blown panic attacks.
For me, it feels like I'm disappearing or like I'm not real. It's almost as if I'm in some weird dream and I can't grasp reality at all.
It's horrible. It's not just uncomfortable but it's my worst nightmare. I HATE, HATE, HATE that feeling.
ICK! Just writing about it makes me nearly feel it again...
Posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 22:42:52
In reply to Re: What is disassociation?, posted by spriggy on September 13, 2005, at 22:28:12
here are a couple of related phenomena:
http://www.panic-anxiety.com/depersonalization_derealization.htm
(I haven't checked out the rest of the site but am wary of his '100% cure' claims... It is just that he offers fairly comprehensible definitions)
Posted by rjlockhart98 on September 13, 2005, at 22:46:37
In reply to Re: What is disassociation?, posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 22:42:52
Posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 22:47:51
In reply to Re: What is disassociation?, posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 22:42:52
CURE ANXIETY NOW!!!!! NOW!!!!! NOW!!!!
OMG
(sorry bout the link)
Posted by fairywings on September 14, 2005, at 10:15:43
In reply to What is disassociation?, posted by lynn970 on September 13, 2005, at 20:37:03
Hi lynn,
I asked the same ? a while ago when my ex T said I had a tendency to dissociate from my feelings. He later explained that he meant I tended to disconnect from them because i found them too painful to deal with. a lot of ppl gave me various explanations, but dissociation has a wide range, from what everybody does - normal spacing out, or like when you're driving down the road and all of a sudden don't remember getting where you are, to the other end of the spectrum, DID, which is what some others commented on here already.I hope that helps,
fw
Posted by lynn970 on September 14, 2005, at 22:18:09
In reply to Re: What is disassociation? » lynn970, posted by fairywings on September 14, 2005, at 10:15:43
>or like when you're driving down the road and all of a sudden don't remember getting where you are,
That happens to me all the time.
Posted by fairywings on September 15, 2005, at 6:50:02
In reply to Re: What is disassociation?, posted by lynn970 on September 14, 2005, at 22:18:09
That's more on the normal end of the spectrum, daydreaming.
This is more about Dissociative Identity Disorder
http://www.issd.org/index.htmlAre you concerned about something lynn?
fw
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