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kind of a weird title sorry. but basically i’ve been disassociating and i keep on day dreaming. like, excessively. it’s starting to worry me. i keep having to touch stuff to ground myself. i took the dissociative experiences test and got a 29. obviously, i know you guys can’t diagnose me or anything, but i can’t go to a psychiatrist right now. so yeah. not trying to self diagnose but i just wanted to know if these are signs or something.
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#1
A lot of daydreaming that's disturbing day-to-day functions and concentration etc. sounds like maladaptive daydreaming - I struggle with that as well. Usually that's not a condition on it's own, it's a symptom of another - most likely anxiety, sometimes depression, sometimes autism or OCD or the like, it really depends. Obviously I'm not diagnosing you here but I'd say - go see a therapist! And if you can't (like me), it helps trying to understand what your daydreams are giving you. An escape? Why do you need to escape - what problems are there in your life? Are there characters in your daydreams giving you validation? Sorta self-therapy yourself and dig deep into it all until you can get professional help. Try journalling or writing it up somewhere where no one else will see it :)
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can’t stress enough that i’m not self diagnosing, cause that’s stupid, never do that.
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#3
I'd say you probably are under a lot of stress or dealing with anxiety and it's starting to have physical affects on you.
Of course I can't diagnose you, but here's your reminder that we don't only need breaks and/or help if we have diagnosed "depression" or something. Mine was never diagnosed and I had every symptom under the sun.🤣 I just started treating it like it was depression and things got better after that.
Hang in there.
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#4
Nothing is wrong with you, but dissociation tends to be brought on by anxiety. I dissociate a lot and I have an (undiagnosed but pretty obvious, my therapist confirmed it and it runs in the family) anxiety disorder, you might have one or also might just be going through a really stressful period. Good luck!
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