I'm not one to tell you if you use the words inappropriately, but I can tell you what I understand some of your words to mean, and I can tell you what words I use to describe my spectrum of disassociative behaviors. In a good way-in respect to our individuality, we have different experiences of the same thing. I think I understand what you mean.
I really think we need more words in English that describe the spectrum of disassociation. And disassociation seems to be fitting to PTSD.
severe dissociation.....blacked out...allegedly catatonic
I think of these words differently. Severe disassociation means a psychotic break-unable to be in touch with this reality. Black-outs are a term that I relate to alcoholics who have a memory loss of conversations or events, that occurred while they were drinking. My understanding, a catatonic state would mean that a person is unresponsive to stimulation, near death.
My expressions of my dissociative states are lying frozen, not being able to track information, not being able to hear what someone said, experiencing confusion-since I can't integrate information, unable to speak, not being able to complete tasks, not being able to remember names, not being able to move. (All of the above symptoms appear out of fear-from triggesr).
