Olga Trujillo J.D. on July 12, 2011
Anyone who has dissociated most of their life will have trouble recognizing that they are dissociating. It becomes a way of being. For me it was an automatic response. I couldn't stop and I wasn't sure I wanted to. I liked feeling numb and calm. When I was dissociating I felt no fear, no terror, no pain... and no joy or happiness. It was addictive.
Anyone who has dissociated most of their life will have trouble recognizing that they are dissociating. It becomes a way of being. For me it was an automatic response. I couldn't stop and I wasn't sure I wanted to. I liked feeling numb and calm. When I was dissociating I felt no fear, no terror, no pain... and no joy or happiness. It was addictive.