– [Amanda] Hey, Psych2Goers, do you feel distant from
your emotions, thoughts, surroundings, and memories? This is part of something
called dissociation. Dissociation is a defense mechanism where you unconsciously push away conflicting or threatening emotions and compartmentalize feelings so that you don’t have to deal with them. Within the umbrella of
dissociative symptoms, there are two that help
categorize the experience, detachment dissociation and compartmentalization dissociation.
Detachment dissociation
refers to feeling like you have been taken out of your body. Compartmentalization
dissociation refers to when your mind pushes aside distressing
moments or experiences, this usually results in memory loss. With that said, here are five signs you may be experiencing dissociation. Number one is memory loss. Memory loss is a common
symptom of dissociation. You may find yourself at work or school, but unable to remember how you got there. Memory loss is one of the
quickest symptoms to identify because it’s obvious. The main reason memory loss goes hand in hand with dissociation is that your brain cannot handle whatever is going on, so it switches to autopilot. Dissociation pulls you
outside of your body, hence it’s difficult for you to remember what happens around you
if you’re not there. But these moments of
dissociation don’t always occur when we are frightened or distressed, they could sometimes happen
while you’re doing something. Number two is derealization. Derealization is another
symptom of dissociation, it sometimes feels like a dream where things are
colorless, dull, or blurry. Derealization is distressing and can cause anxiety, but it’s common for those
with anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses.
However, derealization differs from other psychotic disorder symptoms in the sense that there
is a degree of awareness, you are aware of reality and the feeling that
distances you from it. Number three, feeling lightheaded. There are many reasons why
you may feel lightheaded, but in the context of mental health, dissociation can be a cause. When lightheadedness is paired with another one of the
symptoms mentioned above, the cause is most
likely dissociation. The vestibular system is a sensory system responsible for special awareness and sense of balance, however, when you dissociate, you are not aware of your surroundings. When you come to the sudden realization
of your surroundings, there’s almost a vestibular simulation, and makes you lightheaded.
Number four, not feeling pain. Another sign of dissociation
is not feeling pain. There is research suggesting that dissociation not only
minimizes painful memories but also the physical
pain attached to them. However, the connection
between dissociation and pain is not solely related to trauma. People who experience chronic pain can also experience dissociation. For some who experience dissociation as a result of a mental health condition, the feeling of not feeling in your body can sometimes lead you to self-injure.
Although it makes sense to do something to bring you back into your body, self-injuring is not the best option. And number five, a loss of self-identity. Another aspect of dissociation
is depersonalization, it’s similar to derealization in the sense that you feel like you
are watching yourself. However, depersonalization
makes you feel distant from your mental process, you feel that you are an
observer of your own life. Depersonalization can
occur with other symptoms on this list, it can be a very scary feeling like you don’t have any
control of your body. Some clinicians believe that
extreme stress or trauma can produce depersonalization. So, do you relate to any of these signs? Dissociation can be frightening and, in some cases, intrusive.
It’s not like a physical illness where a diagnosis and treatment are administered via exams, but there is treatment, among them being
psychotherapy, medication, family therapy, and clinical hypnosis. If you experience any of these symptoms, please reach out to a medical health
professional for treatment. Please like and share this with friends who might find some good
advice in the video as well. Make sure to subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification
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PTSD stands for post-traumatic stress disorder a condition officially recognized in 1980 to describe exposure to a relatively brief but devastating event typically a war a rape an accident or a terrorist incident complex PTSD recognized in 1994 describes exposure to something equally devastating but over a very long time normally the first 15 years of life emotional neglect humiliation bullying disrupted attachment violence and anger a lot of us as many as 20 percent are wandering the world as undiagnosed sufferers of complex PTSD we know that all isn't well but we don't have a term to capture the problem we don't connect up our ailments and we have no clue who to seek out or what sort of treatment might help so here are 12 leading symptoms of complex PTSD we might think about which ones if any apply to us and more than seven might be a warning sign worth listening to firstly a feeling that nothing is safe wherever we are we have an apprehension that something awful is about to happen we are in a state of hyper vigilance the catastrophe we expect often involves a sudden fall from grace we will behold away from current circumstances and humiliated perhaps put in prison and denied all access to anything kind or positive we won't necessarily be killed but to all intents our life will be over people may try to reassure us through logic that reality won't ever be that bad but logic doesn't help we're in the grip of an illness we aren't just a bit confused secondly we can never relax this shows up in our body we're permanently tense or rigid we have trouble with being touched perhaps in particular areas of the body the idea of doing yoga or meditation or breathing exercises these things aren't just not appealing they may be positively revolting we may call them hippie with a snare and deeper down they are of course terrifying probably our bowels are troubled too our anxiety has a direct link to our digestive system thirdly we can't ever really sleep and we wake up very early generally in a state of high alarm as though during rest we've let down our guard and are now in even greater danger than usual fourthly we have deepened ourselves an appalling self-image we hate who we are we think we're ugly monstrous repulsive we think we're awful possibly the most awful person in the world our sexuality is especially perturbed we feel predatory sickening shameful fifthly we're often drawn to highly unavailable people we tell ourselves we hate needy people but what we really hate are people who might be too available for us we make a beeline for people who are disengaged won't want warmth from us and who might be struggling with their own undiagnosed issues around avoidance sixthly we are sickened by people who want to be cozy with us we call these people puppy revolting or desperate seventh we are prone to losing our temper very badly sometimes with other people more often just with ourselves we aren't so much angry as very very worried worried that everything is about to become very awful again we are shouting because we're terrified we look mean we are in fact defenseless eighth we are highly paranoid it's not that we expect other people will poison us or follow us down the street we just suspect that other people will be hostile to us and will be looking out for opportunities to crush and humiliate us we can be mesmerically drawn to examples of this happening on social media the unkindest and most arbitrary environment which anyone with complex PTSD easily confuses with the whole world chiefly because it operates like their world randomly and very meanly ninth we find other people so dangerous and worrying that being alone has huge attractions we might like to go and live under a rock forever in some moods we associate Bliss with not having to see anyone again how a tenth we don't register to ourselves as suicidal but the truth is that we find living so exhausting and often so unpleasant we do sometimes long not to have to exist anymore 11.
We can't afford to show much spontaneity we're rigid about our routines everything may need to be exactly so as an attempt to ward off looming chaos we may clean a lot sudden changes of plan can feel indistinguishable from the ultimate downfall we dread 12. in a bid to try to find safety we may throw ourselves into work amassing money Fame honor Prestige but of course this never works the sense of danger and self-disgust is coming from so deep within we can never reach a sense of safety externally a million people can be cheering but one jeer will be enough once again to evoke the self-disgust we have left unaddressed inside breaks from work can feel especially worrying retirement and holidays create unique difficulties those are the symptoms so what is the cure for all these arduous symptoms of complex PTSD partly we need to courageously realize that we have come through something terrible that we haven't until now properly digested because we haven't had a kind stable environment in which to do so we are a little wonky because long ago the situation was genuinely awful when we were small someone made us feel extremely unsafe even though they might have been our parent we were made to think that nothing about who we were was acceptable in the name of being brave we had to endure some very difficult separations perhaps repeated over years no one reassured us of our worth we were judged with intolerable harshness the damage may have been very obvious but more typically it might have unfolded in objectively innocent circumstances a casual visitor might never have noticed there might have been a narrative which lingers still that we were part of a happy family one of the great discoveries of researchers in complex PTSD is that emotional neglect with an outwardly High achieving families can be as damaging as active violence in obviously deprived ones if any of this Rings Bells we should stop being brave we should allow ourselves to feel compassion for who we were that might not be easy given how hard we tend to be with ourselves the next step is to try to identify a therapist or counselor trained in how to handle complex PTSD that may well be someone trained specifically in dealing with trauma which involves directing enormous amounts of compassion towards one's younger self in order to have the courage to face the trauma and recognize its impact on one's life rather touchingly and simply the root cause of complex PTSD is an absence of love and the cure for it follows the same path we need to relearn to love someone we very unfairly hate beyond measure ourselves the School of Life offers online Psychotherapy to people all around the world our therapists are highly trained and accredited and are a vital source of kindness Solace and wisdom for life's most difficult moments click the link to find out more
this next a instruct act is calledsquare breathing and square breathing can be useful for a couple of reasonsone because our gulp is connected to both the one of the purposes of our nervous system thatwe can control and the one of the purposes of our nervous system that is automatic so ithelps us access that appeasing part of our brain kind of in through the back doorthe other thing about square breathing is you practice it with motley lengthsof wheezes then you can practice frame yourself into a slightlyanxietyprovoking situation which is being out of breath but you’re doing itintentionally in such a way that something that are usually be anxietyprovoking or embarrassing becomes something that you can administer withwillingness so you are basically converting something that might havebeen traumatic into something that is very comfortable and that drills yourbrain to believe that you have the ability to convert something that’sstressful into something that’s beneficial for you so let me justexplain square breathing really quickly so with square breathing youimagine yourself breathing a long a square so you imagine yourself startingat the top right corner of the square and you imagine yourself breathing in forfour seconds and then you imagine yourself holding that breath for fourseconds and then you imagine yourself breathing out so exhaling for fourseconds and then holding that air out for four seconds and you’re back to thetop of the square and you repeat that four times so breathe in two three fourso you’re breathing in that whole time supporting it for four seconds breathingout for four seconds you’re exhaling for four seconds and then you’re stayingwithout wheeze for four more seconds so just like that when you breath you wantto have all the breath out that you are eligible to have out to want to be completely out ofbreath when you’re done with your breath you want to be completely full of breathand the other two are the process of coming in and out now you can lengthenthe amount of time that you’re doing these breaths and exhales and propping soyou can lengthen it out to eight seconds or 10 seconds or 16 seconds but when youlengthen the amount of time that you’re out of breath you’re gonna compel yourbrain to panic for a little bit and that’s where you can kind of challengeyourself to increase your convenience with being out of breath so actually there’stwo ways to do this activity the first road is to just stay at for secondsbreathe in for 4 seconds holds in store for 4 seconds breathe out for 4 seconds holdfor 4 seconds and that’s just gonna be various kinds of naturally mollifying because it’screating a rhythm and the other way you can do this is to challenge yourself tolengthen the amount of time you’re holding that breath and that’s gonna bea little bit more of a mental challenge that creates more resilience so as youdo this activity just watch yourself and pay attention to the sensations that comeup so paying attention to your gulp is going to help you stay centered andgrounded while many ardours go through you I hope this video washelpful thanks for watching and take care hi everyone I’m elicited to announce thatmy udemy course change your intelligence is now live so this is a two hour intensivecourse that goes into the ways that you can change your intelligence chemistry withoutmedication so these are very practical abilities that have been shown throughresearch to improve mental health and combat hollow nervousnes and othermental illnesses in this course I teach the practical application ofneuroplasticity which is the developing realm of science showing that our brainsare adaptable and changing throughout our part lives that our brains canactually reform their structure function and chemistry by how we envision and how weact and such courses coaches ten simple directions that you can improve your mental healthby pleasures that take only a duo minutes every day so I formed thiscourse because this is fundamental information that I think everyone shouldhave access to so satisfy take a look at it the link is in the description it’son udemy.com and I’m including a coupon code if you’d like to take the coursefor free time route me a private meaning and I’ll give you a code so check it outthanks and take care
Number four, not feeling pain. Another sign of dissociation
is not feeling pain. There is research suggesting that dissociation not only
minimizes painful memories but also the physical
pain attached to them. However, the connection
between dissociation and pain is not solely related to trauma. People who experience chronic pain can also experience dissociation. For some who experience dissociation as a result of a mental health condition, the feeling of not feeling in your body can sometimes lead you to self-injure.
Although it makes sense to do something to bring you back into your body, self-injuring is not the best option. And number five, a loss of self-identity. Another aspect of dissociation
is depersonalization, it’s similar to derealization in the sense that you feel like you
are watching yourself. However, depersonalization
makes you feel distant from your mental process, you feel that you are an
observer of your own life. Depersonalization can
occur with other symptoms on this list, it can be a very scary feeling like you don’t have any
control of your body. Some clinicians believe that
extreme stress or trauma can produce depersonalization. So, do you relate to any of these signs? Dissociation can be frightening and, in some cases, intrusive.
It’s not like a physical illness where a diagnosis and treatment are administered via exams, but there is treatment, among them being
psychotherapy, medication, family therapy, and clinical hypnosis. If you experience any of these symptoms, please reach out to a medical health
professional for treatment. Please like and share this with friends who might find some good
advice in the video as well. Make sure to subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification
bell for more content. All the references used are added in the description box below. Thanks so very much for watching and we’ll see you the next time.
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And My Promise To You Is Simple:
Bring me your passion and conviction, and I’ll transform you into the Awakened Millionaire with the elevated mindset that will let you make more money than you ever have… driven by your passion and spiritual awakening
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