Anxiety Or Dissociation?

[inner-peace]

It's been confirmed that I dissociate, which happens suddenly when triggered. However, when in an anxious state I also get an almost 'de-ja-vous' feeling and for a split second the world suddenly shakes and lurches. For some time after that I feel numbed out, but am still able to participate in whats going on around me, only in a quiet, distracted way. Is this just anxiety, or another form of dissociation? Can anyone relate?

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Yes, I think I can relate.

I deal with depression, but 99% of the time it's caused by anxiety. Anxiety hits, and then when the anxiety gets to be too much, I shut down and enter a numb or depressed state. This is why antidepressants don't work on me.

I think this is similar to what you describe.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

I experience de ja vu both when I'm having a flashback and when I'm dissociating.

 

[inner-peace]

Thanks for your replies. I have had this de ja vu type feeling with a violent buzzing and shifting of the world, many times before. I just presumed it was a normal thing for everyone to have. It was only yesterday, when I was pretty much zoned out for a few hours after, that I started to question whether they were connected. I have little memory of the worst parts of my childhood and so don't have flashbacks, but maybe there's a chance it could be that? I don't want to read into things that aren't there - just trying to understand what's going on with me. Any more opinions would be much appreciated.