Awareness on dissociative disorder!
Yesterday a lot of people asked me wtf is a dissociative state, so I want to do a long thread about it.
I'll use wikipedia and other site which can explain it better than me:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder
2. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dissociative-disorders/

Dissociative disorders are a range of conditions that can cause physical and psychological problems. People with dissociative disorders use dissociation as a defense mechanism, pathologically and involuntarily. Some dissociative disorders are triggered by psychological trauma.

Dissociation is a way the mind copes with too much stress.
People who dissociate may feel disconnected from themselves and the world around them.
Periods of dissociation can last for a relatively short time (hours or days) or for much longer (weeks or months).

It can sometimes last for years, but usually if a person has other dissociative disorders.
Many (NOT all) people with a dissociative disorder have had a traumatic event during childhood.
They may dissociate and avoid dealing with it as a way of coping with it.

The dissociative disorders listed in the American Psychiatric Association are as follows:

Dissociative identity disorder: alternation of two or more distinct personality states with impaired recall among personality states. The host personality is unaware of the others; however, the alternate personalities can be aware of all the existing personalities.

Dissociative amnesia: the temporary loss of recall memory, specifically episodic memory, due to a traumatic or stressful event. It is considered the most common dissociative disorder amongst those documented. It can occur abruptly or gradually and may last minutes to years.

Dissociative fugue: it is described as reversible amnesia for personal identity, usually involving unplanned travel or wandering, sometimes accompanied by the establishment of a new identity. It is typically associated with stressful life circumstances and can be short or lengthy

Depersonalization disorder: periods of detachment from self or surrounding which may be experienced as "unreal" (lacking in control of or "outside" self) while retaining awareness that this is only a feeling and not a reality.
(I didn't know how to call it, but this is "mine")

Dissociative seizures also known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: seizures that are often mistaken for epilepsy but are not caused by electrical pulses in the brain and are in fact another form of dissociation.

The old category of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified is now split into two: other specified dissociative disorder, and unspecified dissociative disorder. These categories are used for forms of pathological dissociation that do not fully meet the criteria of others.

Someone with a dissociative disorder may also have other mental health conditions, such as:
- PTSD
- depression
- mood swings
- anxiety/panic attacks
- suicidal tendencies/self-harm
- phobias
- an eating disorder
- OCD
- insomnia

Many people with a dissociative disorder make a full recovery with treatment and support.
Physical therapies may be used to address specific physical symptoms, such as paralysis, speech loss and walking difficulties.

Talking therapies are often recommended for dissociative disorders.
The aim of talking therapies is to help you cope with the underlying cause of your symptoms, and to learn and practise techniques to manage the periods of feeling disconnected.

There's no specific medicine to treat dissociation, but medicines liks antidepressants may be prescribed to treat associated conditions like depression, anxiety and panic attacks.

Dissociative disorders (DD) are widely believed to have roots in traumatic childhood experience (abuse or loss), but symptomology often goes unrecognized or is misdiagnosed in children and adolescents.

Symptoms of dissociation may manifest differently at different stages of child and adolescent development and individuals may be more or less susceptible to developing dissociative symptoms at different ages.

It isn't cool at all, plz don't glamour this :(