Not Sure If I'm Dissociating...

[Rob_Dog19]

I've had previous experiences with dissociating, but lately, I have been having something completely different happening to me, and i'm not sure how to label it. I have been sort of having an out of body experience, and I can see myself...like I'm mentally checked out, but I am completely able to talk and perform normal tasks. It's like my mouth and muscles are moving, but I'm not the one making them move. And I'll be doing something while in this state that I'm unable to stop myself from doing. I pulled out a huge clump of hair today while in this state, and I once "snapped out" of it with a butcher knife in my hands...I'm sure I was going to cut myself...I don't know what this is or how to even stop it. Has anyone else experience this!?

 

[Srain]

Yes, I have at least something that sounds like it, I looked up Depersonalization with I guess falls under the heading of Dissociating only it's a more severe form of it. I could see my words before they came out of mouth sometimes, it got so bad. I felt like a puppet. I know it can feel really scary but using grounding tools should help you be able to work through getting back out of it.

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[The Albatross]

Yeah... I can see myself when I'm disassociating... I talk... but can't comprehend at times what I am saying... deffinitely discuss this with your T. My episodes now have changed... most always they occur when I perceve or am experiencing physical pain.

 

[Bachall]

I've done this for years. A mild form is a semi-normal state for me. There was a short time earlier this when it was gone, for the first time in my life, then it came back sometimes as badly as you mention.

Yes, I would definitely mention it to any of your professional team, even if it doesn't seem to fit any recognizable symptoms!

I kept a lot of stuff quiet, scared of the schizo/dementia family specter. I wish now I'd mentioned these things earlier.