• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    7 hours ago

    What does dissociating mean? I see it mentioned everywhere but I don’t understand it.

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      Not a definitive definition, but I take it to mean sort of “checking out” of reality to some degree. Often I associate it with consciously or unconsciously avoiding feeling feelings or thinking about life. It could be seen as sort of a maladaptive or reverse meditation where you process less input from your senses or become less aware of what you’re feeling.

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        i’ve always took dissociation to mean a form of involuntary perspective shift where you no longer identify as yourself and you stop seeing meaning in the things around you, just looking at shapes. sort of a disconnect from the real world.

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    15 hours ago

    This statement automatically reads as more correct than anything ever uttered on a right-wing podcast.