What is disassociation?

[Angel2fire]

Someone told me I dissasosiate (sp?) but I don't quite understand what it means.

Could someone explain please?

Thanks

[Stellata]

Dissociation [no 'a'] is where you separate aspects of your psyche off from you when things get overwhelming. This might be separating your mind off from your body [not feeling physically real], your feelings from your thoughts [going emotionally numb or overly intellectual], yourself from your surroundings [world and others don't feel real], parts of the personality from each other, and so forth. It is a defence, but, paradoxically can feel more frightening than the thoughts, feelings, memories or present experiences that you're trying to escape from.

[Angel2fire]

Thankyou for explaining it to me.

It was said to me because I do things and then have no memory of it, or only a partial memory. It feels really really frightening. When I'm "not in my head" Ifrom what I can work out and have been told, I sometimes do completely normal things... like apparently I was sat in A&E teaching a paramedic sign language... which is something I would definetly do, but I have absoloutely no memory of it happening.
Then another time I ran off and my husband found me 5 miles away. I really don't know how to stop it happening but its really scary to feel like I lose control.

[Stellata]

Dissociation is all about disconnections in the psyche. Therapy can help form connections and bridges.