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[-] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 10 points 3 months ago

I always thought it was normal that I could make time pass super quickly by "turning my head off" and living in a fantasy world for a while, but I guess it's not? I've lost a good chunk of that ability anyway, and long wait periods now annoy me.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I used to pass time by just replaying movies/TV shows from memory in my head. Gotta wait half an hour? That's okay; I remembered every scene and line of dialogue from The Simpsons last night.

[-] ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago

I always thought it was normal that I could make time pass super quickly by “turning my head off” and living in a fantasy world for a while, but I guess it’s not?

I don't think it is quite the same thing as is being depicted in the art, the fact they are calling it an "episode" implies that it is involuntary.

I’ve lost a good chunk of that ability anyway, and long wait periods now annoy me.

If you are anything like me then talking aloud really helps with this, whenever I need to wait for something I just mutter little stories to myself while pretending to be on the phone. That is if I am not already thinking about something else.

[-] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

That's a good point, actually. Episode makes it sound like it's a somewhat frequent, involuntary thing. Walking always helps me get into that "mood", which is why I really struggle with conversations or just looking at the scenery when strolling through a park. I always get lost in random thoughts on casual walks.

[-] ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

That sounds horrible, you are unable to use the ability when it is most needed but can use it when you very much do not need it.

[-] TheNokMachine@pawb.social 6 points 3 months ago

Would you be mad if I tell you that I don't know what it is?

[-] ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago

Dissociation is a concept which concerns a wide array of experiences, ranging from a mild emotional detachment from the immediate surroundings, to a more severe disconnection from physical and emotional experiences. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality, rather than a false perception of reality as in psychosis.[1][2][3][4]

More pathological dissociation involves dissociative disorders, including dissociative fugue and depersonalization derealization disorder with or without alterations in personal identity or sense of self. These alterations can include: a sense that self or the world is unreal or altered (depersonalization and derealization), a loss of memory (amnesia), forgetting identity or assuming a new self (fugue), and separate streams of consciousness, identity and self (dissociative identity disorder, formerly termed multiple personality disorder) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder.[24][25] Although some dissociative disruptions involve amnesia, other dissociative events do not.[26]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_(psychology)

The context implies that they are experiencing a very acute form of this.

[-] TheNokMachine@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

Ooooh okay, yeah

[-] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago
[-] TheNokMachine@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

It's a pretty good one, indeed, thanks for sharing

[-] Evil_Shrubbery 2 points 3 months ago

2006 is nearing it's end, hope I'll manage the festive flavoured depreasso well this year.

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