The terms you hear most often with vets is “thousand yard stare” & “cold & hard”.
Two difference facets of the spectrum. Physically here, mentally elsewhere; physically & mentally here, emotionally shut off. Which, yeah, is more of a vet thing. While the whole out of body thing tends to be more of a childhood or sexual assault thing. But it ain’t a hard line.
We just use sciency terms here... which is one way I distance myself from the situation ;) If you see me talking the science? Using psychobabble? I’ve got my professional distance up. You see me talking about zoning out, going cold, etc. ? I’m getting closer. Using f*cks like commas? I’m raw as hell.
Back to science. Cough.
As others have said, it’s a normal spectrum humans just do. (People who don’t at all tend to have another disorder or brain damage).
- Driving on autopilot (halfway to your kids school, not remembering the middle, or when you were supposed to be going the other direction entirely).
- Professional Distance
- In the zone (sports, work, whatever... everything tuned out except exactly what you’re doing)
- Daydreaming
^^^ Examples of the ‘everyone’ side of the spectrum. ^^^
It’s a very normal, even wanted thing, for everyday life. Sliding further down on the spectrum? You find with situations beyond everyday life. That work there, but f*ck up normal pretty hard when they don’t stay in those situations, but bleed out. Emotions off at work? Awesome. Emotions off with your kids? f*ck that. Argh. Shift gears, c’mon, shift. :banghead: Head in the game.
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Dissociation Explained <<< better explanation
