How Do You Know When You Dissociate?

[shimmerz]

I find that my eyes gaze away. Another sign for me is when I can't look at the person I am with. Yet another is when I start to loose all energy for no apparent reason, wanting to lie down.

 

[Maryanne]

There's a really good pamphlet available online called "what is dissociation" put out by a group called...

Thank you...this makes me realize that I dissociate more often than I thought and it's probably time for me to renew my therapy.

 

[Ocean5]

Depends on situation.... lost time, coming home to apartment with things moved around (thinking someone has been in apartment ---until I realized/accepted dissociation), feeling all of a sudden like I am "waking-up."

 

[Rainydaiz]

I find that my eyes gaze away. Another sign for me is when I can't look at the person I am with. Yet...

This is exactly how it is for me too. I am only just beginning to recognise it. My therapist started pointing it out to me- like others have said here, by asking where I'd gone. I didn't know. But the strange thing for me is that usually the preceding conversation seems to be pretty innocuous and no reason to dissociate.

 

[Rainydaiz]

I have also experienced extreme sleepiness at times. And I have had a couple of dreams in which I kind of passed out /fainted due to dissociation. Very odd dreams. As far as I'm aware I've never passed out in real life.

 

[Truthful_Whispers]

Partial out of body experience. Floating beside myself. Hard to explain.

 

[Nero19192]

My friends told me that this is what I'm doing as I 'blank out' I have yet to get diagnosed but plan to asap because for me it's like a switch and I lose time and don't realize until after I return. From what my family say all I do is stare into space and say "uh huh" repeatedly until I'm shaped out of it. I have planned on having my brother to remember when and what I was doing or talking about before and during so I can write it down and look for a pattern to try and lessen the occurrence.

 

[shimmerz]

I have planned on having my brother to remember when and what I was doing or talking about before and during so I can write it down and look for a pattern to try and lessen the occurrence.

I had a friend who used to have someone video her while she was 'out'. It showed her a lot about what was going on during her lost time. Not sure if that helps at all. Just thought I would throw it out there.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

@shimmerz
That is sort of how I even figured out it was happening

 

[shimmerz]

Cameras are brilliant for this stuff. They don't lie.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Indeed, indeed they are! I wish I had one on me all the time

 

[desiderata310]

ugh. I'm not sure that I want to see me dissociate