Dissociation (DES-II)
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Some people have the experience of driving or riding in a vehicle and suddenly realizing they don't remember what happened during all or part of the trip.
Some people find that sometimes they are listening to someone talk and they suddenly realize they did not hear part or all of what was said.
Some people have the experience of finding themselves in a place and having no idea how they got there.
Some people have the experience of finding themselves dressed in clothes they don't remember putting on.
Some people have the experience of finding new things among their belongings that they don't remember buying.
Some people are sometimes approached by people they don't know who call them by another name or insist they have met before.
Some people have the experience of feeling as though they are standing next to themselves or watching themselves do something, as if looking at another person.
Some people are told that they sometimes do not recognize friends or family members.
Some people find they have no memory for important events in their lives (for example, a wedding or graduation).
Some people have the experience of being accused of lying when they don't think they have lied.
Some people have the experience of looking in a mirror and not recognizing themselves.
Some people have the experience of feeling that other people, objects, and the world around them are not real.
Some people have the experience of feeling that their body does not seem to belong to them.
Some people have the experience of remembering a past event so vividly that they feel as if they were reliving it.
Some people have the experience of not being sure whether things they remember happening really did happen or whether they just dreamed them.
Some people have the experience of being in a familiar place but finding it strange and unfamiliar.
Some people find that when watching television or a movie they become so absorbed in the story that they are unaware of events happening around them.
Some people find they become so involved in a fantasy or daydream that it feels as though it were really happening.
Some people find they are sometimes able to ignore pain.
Some people find they sometimes sit staring off into space, thinking of nothing, and are not aware of the passage of time.
Some people find that when they are alone they sometimes talk out loud to themselves.
Some people find that in one situation they may act so differently compared with another situation that they feel almost as if they were two different people.
Some people find that in certain situations they can do things with amazing ease and spontaneity that would usually be difficult for them (for example, sports, work, social situations).
Some people sometimes find they cannot remember whether they have done something or have just thought about doing it.
Some people find evidence that they have done things they do not remember doing.
Some people sometimes find writings, drawings, or notes among their belongings that they must have done but cannot remember doing.
Some people sometimes find that they hear voices inside their head that tell them to do things or comment on things they are doing.
Some people sometimes feel as if they are looking at the world through a fog, so that people and objects appear far away or unclear.