Are people aware when they dissociate? (Are they able to tell others when they are dissociating etc.)

Are people aware when they dissociate? (Are they able to tell others when they are dissociating etc.)

The problem is that there are different types of dissociation.

And many of them you’ll have become so used to that you’ll think they’re just—

Reality.

So, there’s detachment dissociation. Which can manifest as derealization and depersonalization. This means you might think the Diamondbacks Hawaiian Shirt, Arizona Diamondbacks Weed Pattern Hawaiian Shirts around you isn’t quite real (derealization) or that you yourself aren’t quite real (depersonalization).

Detachment is actually the form of dissociation that’s kind of easy to recognize because most Arizona Diamondbacks Red Hawaiian Shirtwill realize that something’s “off.”

Compartmentalization is the form that’s difficult to recognize.

In compartmentalization, you sort of put all your feelings into little boxes. This usually has to do with trauma. So, there will be boxes that see the trauma differently. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Hawaiian Shirt For Men And Women Fans will be angry about the trauma. One will be sad. One box will blame the other person. One box will feel deep shame because it thinks it caused the incident.

And each of these “boxes” may carry different defenses. So, the angry box might see the solution as fight, while the shame box might think the solution is to submit.

This, among other things, is what makes trauma so difficult to treat.

So, detachment largely involves perception while compartmentalization involves feelings and Arizona Diamondbacks Limited Edition black Hawaiian Shirt

And it isn’t like you have to have one or the other. Dissociative disorders often involve both. But the mechanisms of compartmentalization lend themselves more to things people generally categorize as serious—

Although harder to spot.

Such as memory and identity disturbances.

While the manifestations of derealization and depersonalization are easier to spot—

But often dismissed as benign.

So, the answer is that you may—

Or may not.

Be aware you’re dissociating.

The “normal” types of dissociation such as daydreaming or zoning out while driving are easy to spot. The more pathological forms such as derealization and depersonalization are harder. The most protective forms such as compartmentalization and amnesia will be virtually unknown to the person doing them because the whole idea is to keep the trauma and its adaptations out of conscious awareness.

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