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[–] mearce@programming.dev 2 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Not a definitive definition, but I take it to mean sort of "checking out" of reality to some degree. Often I associate it with consciously or unconsciously avoiding feeling feelings or thinking about life. It could be seen as sort of a maladaptive or reverse meditation where you process less input from your senses or become less aware of what you're feeling.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

i've always took dissociation to mean a form of involuntary perspective shift where you no longer identify as yourself and you stop seeing meaning in the things around you, just looking at shapes. sort of a disconnect from the real world.

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This has been my understanding of it, but I'm no longer sure that's how people mean it when they use it.

[–] mearce@programming.dev 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

To me it sounds like depersonalization or derealization

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago

Oh good point I always forget about those.

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