Yup, I've carried that sense to psychotic catatonia. Inside my healing circle, we call it, "Dissociation." If it is allowed to escalate, it is not a fun place to come back from. . .

Affirmations, hydration, etc., are what I do as preventative measures and an ounce of prevention is, indeed, far better than a pound of cure. Buttttaaaa, . . It still happens and in controlled doses, it can even be a good thing for getting through high stress and/or highly boring events.

I use "Tactile Grounding Techniques" to bring myself back from a dissociated state. I translate that as using my senses, touch, sight, smell, sound and/or taste, to bring myself back to my senses. There are infinite numbers of tactile grounding techniques available, many of which can be used without anyone around me knowing I am *exercising*.

For me, it is solidly linked to my anxiety. Ideally, I can use the anxiety management techniques, affirmation, hydration, etc., to keep my anxiety from escalating to dissociation.

Thanks Arfie. But I don’t feel anxious when I feel this way. Maybe it’s my body’s way of responding to the subconscious anxiety perhaps?

I've had this problem when I feel anxiety and even when I don't from time to time. It's weird. There's a bunch of grounding techniques. Try to look some up on YouTube or Google and figure out what works for you.

I experience this often enough. It’s normally when I am triggered by something...a word, an action a flashback or something related to one of my traumas. I have two types. One is when I am in a fog and I can hear what’s going on around me, but normally can’t respond until I can get control. The second is when the trigger is so strong I just go into disassociation and it can last for minutes to hours and when I come to, I don’t know how I got to where I am, or what I was doing. I can’t remember anything which is scary. It’s the brains way of shutting down to protect us.

Mom has this state and says there is something wrong somewhere but she doesn't know what. We are having anxiety attacks today big time.!!!

Thanks for the feedback. I had no idea others felt this way. I guess it comes in different forms.

I asked a similar question yesterday and thankfully the members on this site helped me to understand it a bit.
Another form of anxiety, the minds way of protecting us from perceived, yet unfounded danger. I’ve been trying several tools. The “calm” ap helped and also don’t let the symptom scare you. If you react negatively, it will stay longer thinking you are in serious danger. It’s tough sometimes but I try to stay calm to trick my mind into realizing I’m not in danger.