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Eastcoaster

867d

Hi. It’s been a struggle lately. I’ve been meeting with my therapist and she brought up a possible diagnosis that has been hard for me to figure out. We’re working to see if I dissociate. While I see that it could be happening I know it’s also called MPD. I don’t have other personalities that come out, I just foggy get foggy, faint and disconnected from the world, but fully connected to every anxiety symptom possible. If any of that makes sense . I just want to understand more.

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    • HeathenRose

      863d

      Thank you for sharing. I actually do dissociate when my husband says anything negative about me. I just get tired and pass out from the stress (not immediately) but enough to lay down on the bed and rest

    • HeathenRose

      863d

      Thank you for sharing. I actually do dissociate when my husband says anything negative about me. I just get tired and pass out from the stress (not immediately) but enough to lay down on the bed and rest

    • ZanderHeals

      865d

      Like someone said, dissasociation is a defense mechanism when your brain becomes overwhelmed and doesn't want to overwork itself. It can also be a trauma response as to defend yourself from feeling the emotions of trauma again. It can also be a response to anxiety to protect you from editing more trauma. I'm sure there's a TedTalk about this somewhere on the internet. Personally, I dissasociate all the time. I don't have much anxiety now due to proper medication management but my bipolar and ADHD work together to create difficult thinking patterns for my brain, which causes it to go into overdrive then causing me to diss. Hope this helps!

    • mergasm

      866d

      I have PTSD related dissociation. No MPD no other personalities. Its common with ADHD, anxiety and PTSD. Dissociation doesnt mean MPD.

    • Perfectionist27

      867d

      I think dissociation is a natural autopilot or anxiety coping mechanism created unintentionally we have or both. I do it when driving and sometimes in general its becoming a little more frequent tho like forgot why i walked in a room. I know of someone who occasionally randomly has fainting spells she is certain its pots. Maybe thats it and something triggers it.

    • RosieFairy

      867d

      I dissociate a lot without having multiple personalities and I have anxiety. It's a pretty common way of coping with anxiety. I don't know if that helps but it's what I've got

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