@actuallyautistic Let's talk about autism and dissociation. For many of us with CPTSD, our masks can overlap w/ dissociative periods. Are any of you plural? Or have your masks overlap with dissociation?
This happens to me and I forget part/all of some experiences sometimes.
@Claire @actuallyautistic Yes! I might be masking, or I might be derealised/depersonalised, or one of my dissociative parts might have taken over, or I might have gone into a degree of shutdown or catatonia. Sometimes I remember everything, and sometimes it is just a fog.
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I've only shut down twice in my life. Both times after very stressful events (a car accident, and a medical crisis). I could hear everything, I knew what was happening, I just didn't care.
