Could a person go into shock and be dissociative from the event and never really come through it all?

Question

could someone who experienced a traumatic event go into shock but never really come out the other side, then possibly be dissociate from all bad feels and events there after? and not have DID?

Answer 1

I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which leaves me feeling the same sensation/emotions I felt during the trauma. I react with cussing, yelling, crying, anxiety ("deer in headlights'), or I turn and walk away. I have no control over these reactions because they happen before I can even respond another way.

I have gone through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and it has helped me A LOT. So has medication. I need to change my current meds, since my anxiety is getting bad again and the depression isn't responding to the meds as it usually does. I'll be switching from a 12-hour med to a 24-hr med, and that should keep me from having the highs and lows that make it harder for me to control my responses. (I have also been diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and several other things, which are related to the trauma I suffered).

I consider myself a dissociative personality, since that is what I was diagnosed with and I know it's true. I can be having a conversation and if anything causes my anxiety response, I lose my place and literally stop talking and can't remember what I was saying. I have to be reminded what I was saying or doing. I lost my job due to this problem, and it still exists, so I am on disability. It's interesting how I can handle some circumstances, like answering questions here and be OK most of the time, but sometimes a question gets asked that puts me right back where I was in the trauma I experienced. Anyone who has read my answers can likely pick up on which questions trigger the effect, since I usually hold no punches and lose all sense of tact.

I'd have to go into the hospital to get the further therapy I need, but my daughter is not quite 3, and I need to wait until she's older because my husband doesn't know how to take care of her. (Yep, I agree it's weird. He has anxiety, too, and I think he is afraid of hurting her or afraid that he's going to say or do something wrong and have me yell at him. Since I rarely yell on an average day, I consider that an irrational fear.)

I used to want to be a doctor, but when I got diagnosed with the PTSD in college, I changed my major. I was going to go into law, but I can't now that my mind is Swiss cheese. I can remember things sometimes, but usually I find myself pausing my typing for several minutes at a time just because I'm trying to come up with the right word. It is not often that I answer questions without having to look up a word that means what I want to say. It's pretty sad, actually. I'm looking forward to actually being "normal" some day. But, for now, I live most of my days dissociated.

It's how I learned how to handle stress. Once I fix that,I'll be good to go.

Answer 2

Hello all .
I will say O YES , But my experience with this Problem has always been through anger , Anger so bad it is called Rage , And if this happens i will not remember nothing , When i was younger I would wake up in Jail , and Not know what for till the judge came. so this is and can be a seriou problem , And you basically have to become a control freak to overcome it , (smiles)
O also , I have just in the past 5years started to remember things that were done to me before i even started the first grade. And Man , that is not cool , I have to ask it , why did you have to wake up ? Are you blind , can't you see i know enough already , Basically make myself laugh , and i mean LAUGH coz ol Mr. Rage gotta stay away !

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Answer 3

Yes, a person could definately dissasociate and even become another personality, that doesn't know what the other one is doing..yes, indeed...Many people even make up another personality, to be able to cope with the horrific events, even though they might not realize it, much like the Movie, 'the three faces of Eve:" based on an event where a young women, did have indeed three personalites, besides the really sweet one that was really her...so I think that maybe shock might not be a true evaluation, because Shock, persay,..is actually a physical condition that is treated in the emergency room..but mental shock, trauma, dissasociating one's self, to inadvertantly protect one's self, surely can and does happen, If i understand your question correctly

Answer 4

I think what you're describing is DID. It sounds like you're just saying that they stay within their second identity and never realize or utilize their original self. If you believe DID is possible, there's no reason to believe this scenario is not.

Answer 5

Yes it is. Shock takes on many forms.

Answer 6

Yes i would think it's possible, but PTSD is a constant remembering of the event so it would in essence be the opposite illness!

Answer 7

Yeah this is normally just a coping mechanism, that activates when the intensity of fear is too intense to handle, so the mind/brain switches to over to semiconscious state.