31 Quotes About Dissociated

Dissociation, a form of hypnotic trance, helps children survive the abuse…The abuse takes on a dream-like, surreal quality and deadened feelings and altered perceptions add to the strangeness. The whole scene does not fit into the 'real world.' It is simple to forget, easy to believe nothing happened.

You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person.There is no feeling any more, because to feel any emotion would also be to beckon the overwhelming blackness from you. My mind has now locked all this down. And without any control of this self-defence mechanism my subconscious has operated. I do not feel any more.

In the doorway stood a figure, light forming a halo around his head.He isn’t really there,Tom told himself.You’re hallucinating.If he could split into different parts that talked to each other, perhaps one of them had gone to the door.‘Major Fox?’ it enquired.So polite, this hallucination.

You’re in shock.You can’t afford to be in shock.Two parts of himself were having a conversation.You were probably meant to think of yourself as ‘I’ when talking to yourself.

dissociating put me at higher risk for attacks in my neighborhood and at school, making me more easily identified by sexual predators

The creation of these "happy" parts felt different from the splitting that began at my fingertips when I was under attack. Entering these "good" parts felt less noticeable. There was some dizziness and light-headedness, but it was mainly just a gentle shifting in my mind. I was unsure of where my body started and ended for just a few seconds.

From that mild dissociation, I quickly went into a deeper dissociative state if there was conflict around me, if someone expressed strong emotions, or if something unpredictable happened. Although these difficult situations triggered me, they brought out behavior that helped me do well when the going got tough. I loved solving problems and getting into the thick of things and also had well-developed skills in reading people and anticipating their needs.

I felt a catch in my chest and a pulsing in my ears and then I felt calm and numb, with a fuzziness that I couldn't think through, much thicker than before.

I heard this as if the doctor were at other end of a long tunnel. I had trouble connecting his words into sentences with meaning.