Losing Time

[jjh29]

How much time do you lose when dissociating and has anyone ever filled you in on what you look like in this state? Just curious to know if anyone is able to tell like if you look different or anything.

 

[jjh29]

I think I worry that if I'm in that state could someone take advantage of you and you not know. That's what worries me, like would I snap out of it?

 

[amethist]

My husband can loose hours when he dissociates. He looks like he is just resting his head in his hand with his eyes closed.

I have found him a few times like this, but if I catch him right at the beginning, he looks as if he is miles away in thought.

 

[jjh29]

Well that sounds pretty peaceful! I hope that's what I look like, but I think I have only done it once and no one was around so I can't ask what I was doing. Does it scare him?

 

[lala]

I have seen dissociation in loved ones that can last for days, especially after a traumatic event. My mother-in-law once lost a week, she was walking around not knowing where she was, picking up rocks and putting them in her pockets. It was scary.

 

[jjh29]

Yea that sounds scary.

 

[reallydown]

I don't know what exactly I look like...I've never asked anyone but most recently it happened at work...I vaguely recall being triggered. Everything else is fuzzy. I don't know what made me snap out of it as I don't think anyone saw me. When I looked at the clock, I realized I lost about half an hour. I know that it sometimes lasts longer for me and there was nobody with me when I did finally return. I know that I can be very disoriented but I guess I would have to ask someone who witnesses it.

 

[jjh29]

Yea nobody saw me either but I sure wish I knew how long it was for and what I looked like. How long has yours lasted before really down?

 

[amethist]

Does it scare him?

It does scare him jjh29.

He often asks me if he has done or said anything he should not have done. I have to reassure him he has done nothing to worry about.

 

[jjh29]

It is scary to not know what's going on. To not be conscious but be conscious. Well at least he just sits there and doesn't go anywhere. I really hope that's what I do.

 

[jjh29]

I hear all this stuff on the news about people committing crimes and stuff out of their character while in a dissociative state and it makes me wonder. I don't want that to happen to me, ya know?

 

[anonymous]

I lose hours when I dissociate. I have seen recordings of me. I often relive the trauma through an alter. I never remember anything and I hate it.