Today I read about dissociative disorders. The two categories of dissociation are detachment and compartmentalization, both of which are forms of avoidance. One type of dissociative experience is depersonalization, which is a feeling of detachment. Another type of dissociative experience is derealization, which is when an individual's environment feels unreal or dreamlike. Depersonalization/derealization disorder is diagnosed when symptoms cause impariment to functioning or signigicant distress on a persistant and recurrent basis.
Depersonalization or derealizationduring can actually happen during times of heightned distress, like during a panic attack. This has actually happened to me quite a few times during a panic attack. It's not a pleasant experience. It feels so strange and confusing, which only makes the panic attack more frightening.
hmmmm, good classifications and explanation.. I think I am mostly guilty of the compartmentalize one.. or is it just plain avoidance? :P i tend to take whatever is in front of me and throw it into a box to deal with at a later time.. not the best way to deal, but it keeps the stress at low.. :)
I would rather do that than what I do, which is constantly stress about everything all the time lol
cool!