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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Would you be mad if I tell you that I don't know what it is?
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.
Ooooh okay, yeah
This should go over the general information. https://www.verywellhealth.com/dissociation-definition-5188911
It's a pretty good one, indeed, thanks for sharing
2006 is nearing it's end, hope I'll manage the festive flavoured depreasso well this year.