You Know You've Been Dissociating/being Absent Minded When...

[ladee]

Ha Antidote, at least I am not alone in making up my day !!! It's scary to snap out of it and be somewhere you don't remember going.... at least you took the dog with you !! Stay safe.

 

[Chava]

those moments we all have where we dissociate, or are simply being absent minded. (not sure if those are the same thing...).

For me these are very different ends of perhaps the same sort of spectrum. Dissociate: I feel like I'm in a dream but I'm not, I feel like part of my body (or all of it) is floating or levitating. Absent minded: I'm looking for my phone as I'm talking to someone, on my phone :wacky:

 

[Ronin]

You need to keep reminders to self care, because you just can't remember you're sick, provided your attitude to life is alright at the moment. :D:banghead:

 

[Pretty Hurts]

help me, is this dissociating?

when you use the clicker to unlock the car doors, place your duffle in the back seat, hop in the front seat with your purse and can't find your keys. you know you had them because, how would you have gotten into the car? you look everywhere under the car and all the seats, the glove compartment, in the trunk even for them for 15 minutes and only after melting down into tears, contemplating going back into the house to look for them (but how? you house keys are attached) you realize the only place you didn't look, is in the back seat....in the duffle bag. and that's where you find them. now you just feel uber crazy because you don't remember putting them there, or why you even would....and you have to compose yourself because you're late for work.

 

[Pretty Hurts]

(sigh) when you introduce yourself to a prospective employer by the wrong name. smh....

when people in your life tell you of some profound life changing advice you gave them and you have no recollection of it...AT ALL...in fact you acuse them of making it up because it sounds absurd and you don't believe you ever said any shit like that.

when you open a fresh pack of cigarettes, light one....light another one and you only have 3 left and you're not sure how much time has passed.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

You were sure you had turned your heating off until your apartment suddenly feels as hot as Death Valley :devilish::eek::shy:

 

[Anrish]

When you don't know how you got home in your car - you cannot remember driving at all.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

When you live alone and yet find objects in places you normally never put them

 

[Ronin]

Current year feels like past X years, but with a twist!

 

[HypnoticallyChaotic]

When all the events that took place a year ago suddenly feel like they were just last month...

When both of your genders dissapear because who knows why...

When you feel like a complete stranger to yourself and have no idea why...

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

When your standing at the front door thinking am i going in or out? If I'm going out where to? If Im coming back where the hell have i been?

When every cup of tea I ever drink is cold. Can never ever get to that sucker while its still hot.

When you go to the GP and when the doctor asks whats wrong, you cant remember for the life of you why you're there. Then you get home and remember the chest infection you've been fighing off for months. Im surprised the doctor couldn't hear the cracking from where she was siting.

When people are like remember that time.....? Nope sorry. But it was so funny and you said.....no i dont remeber. But it was like 2weeks ago. People get really upset when you cant remember stuff but i was probably not really there and dissociating when it was happening and thats why i cant remember.

 

[Ronin]

When you cheerfully inform questioning people how absolutely healthy you are only to remember you're not counting injuries of whole decade, because that was Different People. Oops.