• Lasherz@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    This statement automatically reads as more correct than anything ever uttered on a right-wing podcast.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    14 hours ago

    What does dissociating mean? I see it mentioned everywhere but I don’t understand it.

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      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.

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        Yeah, basically a defense mechanism to the world going to hell between the rise of authoritarianism, stupidity, war, feudalism 2.0, microplastics, and the increasing severity of climate change that will only worsen much more.

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        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.