Some Kind Of Trance?

[changingone77i]

I wonder if anyone also experiences something like this: every now and then I go into a kind of trance state, usually only for a minute or so, where my eyes are focused on any given point in front of me, but my vision is a bit blurred. It's kind of comfortable, and I'm somewhat still aware, just temporarily checked out. I can break out of it, or look toward something else, but it's very unpleasant to do so.

It happens inexplicably, and is not tied to any specific emotion/mood state, as far as I'm aware. Lately it's been happening quite alot.

Is this just some sort of dissociation? Is it a kind of seizure or something? Is there a name for this phenomenon?

 

[Ronin]

Lately it's been happening quite alot.

Any triggers to it you can pin point?

I know you said 'inexplicably', but is there anything else around it that you can think of that could trigger it, or that usually happens before that state happens?

 

[changingone77i]

Any triggers to it you can pin point?

I know you said 'inexplicably', but is there anything else around i...

I think it tends to happen more often when I'm relaxed, actually. I've had a few medication changes lately, so maybe that's causing the trance thing more often. Also, I'm just now coming out of a really turbulent & emotional period, so maybe the trances are an after effect. I really don't know.

 

[Frenzy3674]

I wonder if anyone also experiences something like this: every now and then I go into a kind of...

I do this often. My T says it's dissociative behavior. But I know where I am, I'm just checked out.

 

[Cannottakethis]

There are different levels of dissociation. It can start with something everyone does, like daydreaming while driving and not remembering how you got from point a to point b. That moves though to the more significant forms including depersonalization and derealization to full on amnesia.

Dissociation FAQ’s

I tend to check out on occasion and do a lot of the derealization.

Both triggered by stress.

 

[Lissar]

This happens to me a lot. I like how you said that you CAN break out of it, but that it's very "unpleasant" - that description resonates with me. It also sometimes happens to me when I'm more relaxed, too. I think having my body quiet and my nervous system less activated makes me really vulnerable to this form of dissociation.

 

[T Keri]

I wonder if anyone also experiences something like this: every now and then I go into a kind of...

This happens to me as well...its ruining my life...it happens all day long and makes it hard for me to work. I have no idea what this is though.

 

[WishfulThinking123]

This sounds like a form of disassociation to me. I have always kind of done this (didn't realize it was different or disassociation until very recently) but, now that I am starting to feel my trauma instead of just be numb to it and work through it it is happening quite frequently. I find it as a way to go deep inside of myself-I have initiated it at times of extreme stress/trauma but a lot of times it just happens on it's own. I hope that helps? :)

 

[MrMoonlight]

So I'm trying to understand the framework that my life has been built upon after receiving my diagnosis. With some confusion I'm attempting to understand my experiences by considering PTSD symptoms in conjunction with them.

When my therapist and I were speaking of my past I felt like I was stepping into that zoned-out, trance like, super comfortable state. I can speak (just slower), my eyes aren't focused, my jaw drops a bit but I can pull myself out at any time though the space is comfortable and muted.

Not sure if I'm entering the trance to connect with memories or to escape them?

If it's to escape I'm assuming this could be mild signs of dissociative behaviour.? Or am I off in my thinking?

Thanks to anyone for guidance here.