I am sorry but I don't want to create a new thread about dissotiation because you can find them a lot here. I have also question. I can't answer in this thread because I actually still don't know what exactly dissotiation is. I'm not sure what the hell I have. Maladaptive daydreaming ? Escapism ? Both ? Dissotiation ? Something else ? All together ?
In short. When I was young, let's say around 6-8 years old, I had an imaginary friend. Let me explain. I wasn't psychotic and I'm not psychotic today. I've never been. Nothing like this. The teacher notice then and advised my mother to take me to a child therapist. And she did it. And the therapist said that I'm ok. But my mother didn't talk about what was happening at home (worsening domestic violence).
I had that imaginary friend sporadically later on until my 10 or 11 year. I don't remember exatly. But I've been always able to distinguish between reality and imagination. And I hid it all the time.
Other thing is daydreaming. I had it in my childhood and I still have it today. Maybe it is escapism. I'm not sure. I think In the past, it was a way of escaping from a rough reality to somewhere where it's safer. I guess. But I can tell you I still dream a lot during day and I create imaginary worlds. And also because I am a strong introvert (INFJ in mbti test, around 90% of introversion, only if we take mbti test as a rough estimate of personality type) I have rich inner world.
So how would you define this ? Or how to define dissotiation ?
In short. When I was young, let's say around 6-8 years old, I had an imaginary friend. Let me explain. I wasn't psychotic and I'm not psychotic today. I've never been. Nothing like this. The teacher notice then and advised my mother to take me to a child therapist. And she did it. And the therapist said that I'm ok. But my mother didn't talk about what was happening at home (worsening domestic violence).
I had that imaginary friend sporadically later on until my 10 or 11 year. I don't remember exatly. But I've been always able to distinguish between reality and imagination. And I hid it all the time.
Other thing is daydreaming. I had it in my childhood and I still have it today. Maybe it is escapism. I'm not sure. I think In the past, it was a way of escaping from a rough reality to somewhere where it's safer. I guess. But I can tell you I still dream a lot during day and I create imaginary worlds. And also because I am a strong introvert (INFJ in mbti test, around 90% of introversion, only if we take mbti test as a rough estimate of personality type) I have rich inner world.
So how would you define this ? Or how to define dissotiation ?
