I developed it this past year because of the mountain of stress and anxiety that eventually crushed me.

For me, things feel surreal, almost foggy, and I am completely detached from my emotions -- I function purely on logic. My mind goes completely blank and if I talk, I do so without thinking (I have no idea how I can even put a sentence together but apparently I can). Every part of my body feels numb and it takes a lot of energy to even move a finger. My response time to things is much slower than it typically is. Usually it's gone the next morning (assuming I slept overnight) but I'll only remember bits and pieces of what happened while I was disassociating.

Sometimes I can feel it coming on and I'll try to stop it but I inevitably fail.


From what I've read, the only way to "snap out of it" (poor wording but since I'm out of it right now that's all I can think of) is to ground yourself to reality. The only ways I can find to do that are by using your senses.... Unfortunately for me, my senses don't work so well so it's been a slow process finding creative ways to get around my poor senses. (Example: My sense of taste is extremely limited so sometimes I'll shock my system by taking 'shots' of balsamic vinegar. It sounds gross but it usually helps after a couple of shots.)