zone out

Do your CPTSD symptoms come in cycles rather than being always present? — What confuses me when I read the posts here is that a lot of people describe constantly being in states triggered by CPTSD. It seems to me that I have more like episodes where something triggers me (r…

I APed into what I'm guessing was a monster, and also visited a weird blue building — I just had the WILDEST experience, I really can’t put it any other way. Most of this is from my journal where I wrote it all out, the stuff in (these) is my personal thoughts or something that occurre…

I keep having out-of-body experiences and i want it to stop. — Hey everyone, I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with me and could really use some insight. Recently, I’ve been having these extremely vivid experiences where I feel fully awake, yet something …

Learning how to heal — FYI, this gets long but I guess I'm needing to vent or get second opinions from people who are in a similar boat. My mum is a narcissist and for as long as I can remember she's been putting myself and…

How long did it take for you to be able to project consistently after starting a concerted effort? — The path to projection will have unique hurdles for every individual and I think I've identified some for me, but want to just confirm. I've projected a few times in life. But it's always been during…

What does feeling the emotion look like? — I live far away from the family for college, and recently moved out of campus housing to get my own place. It's very small and not a lot of sunlight comes in, but it provided a level of security and p…

As a man who has been on both sides of the coin… bear with me cause this is a long read but it has relevance I promise.  I’ve been the anxious wreck begging and pleading. Saying stuff like “you don’t…

I felt the same way about meditation. I was too physically uncomfortable to sit still and zone out. I like deep breathing because I can do it in the middle of other stuff like cleaning, work, sufferin…

Yes. Absolutely. Sometimes I just need to zone out to Sonic Spinball so I can forget that I'm old now.

I’m sorry i totally get it. I felt empowered when I first filed divorce. (Serial cheater during my pregnancy). However, he’d love bomb me and around holidays or bdays I’d question or miss the good tim…

My PMS got so bad in my late 30’s and it never had been bad before. I was just so emotionally unstable. I would be driving somewhere and zone out and forget for a minute. I thought I had dementia or s…

Not unless you are meditating in the bath, which is certainly possible, I do this sometimes. But just sitting in bath itself, no. Meditating is not just relaxing, daydreaming or doing an enjoyable act…

How involved is he with the baby? Y’all are still adjusting to the new reality that is heavily reduced time for yourselves. Me and my husband both love and cherish family time but even for us (5 years…

I’m in the same position as you, quite literally. I’m in an LDR. It’s important to establish boundaries. I sometimes communicate that, “Hey, I’m occupied with work can we discuss this later” or I tell…

My best friend just divorced her husband because he was like OP and never wanted to hear about her day. He just wanted to do a 1-2 minute catch up and then zone out and watch tv all night or scroll on…

I think the lack of interest in your life is a whole different thing than sitting in silence in a car or at dinner. I’m fairly introverted and I’m very comfortable with sitting in silence. It is not u…

Just let her talk and zone out

Yes sounds exhausting! I too kinda zone out the older ones and go all in

"No continuity" is a great way to put it; it's exactly how I feel about myself, but I didn't know how to word it. It's almost like every few minutes I zone out and my brain resets itself, drops whate…

20-ish years ago when I first moved out into the world from my childhood home, I was hypnotized by every TV and screen I saw. As kids television time was tightly controlled as the ultimate reward/puni…

Yes, I totally agree that a major factor of attention is attached specifically to distances between yourself and things, in other words, your perception of your current position. Some of my best medit…

I know experiences vary, but I can’t “choose” to dissociate, unless I were to do something extreme like stare at a blank wall for hours, or did some form of sensory deprivation, or exposed myself deli…

Omg yes!! I get almost anxious when I see how long they are and zone out as I start to read them! This length and the way the content was written is so much more digestible and gets me more motivated!…

Coloring! Those adult coloring books are wonderful. You really just zone out

This just clicked something in my brain for me - whenever I have to do a mentally daunting task since I was a kid I have had to give myself 10 to 15 minutes like you said to just stare at the wall and…

I think you need to encourage him to look into treatment for his ADHD. Has he seen any other mental health professionals? Has he used medication in the past? Organising all of that can be overwhelming…

My more negative, short-term coping is: YouTube (excessive media consumption) and sex. I've made a lot of progress on my media consumption and finding better balance. I used to zone out for 3+ hours …

Agree with the general consensus. You can "meditate" while doing anything. For me, it's the awareness practice. Sometimes it's on purpose. Sometimes it happens accidentally (and those are the ones I m…

What do you do to get consistent with All Day Awareness? I find I am able to do little sprints of it but once I get lost in Everyday Living… I just totally forget or I zone out :( The times I’ve pro…

Every time I’m with my girlfriends family I always zone out in thought for a minute, and I always think to myself what if I grew up with a family just like this, how my life would be so different

Yeah that sounds like it sucks for sure. The just being around each other part hits. We’d be together and she’d just zone out and stare into space. I’d ask if everything is okay/how she’s feeling and …

Trust me I hate talking to people even friends and family. I struggle with empathy and kindness so when my friends talk to me about something we both don't share interest in, I either zone out waiting…

I am glad and sad you relate. I find this so triggering, its nice to know I am not the only one who does. For example I say that I dont have the spoons for this today because I am exhausted. Or that …

Same here, but I feel dissociated, as if fear didn't exist, but I zone out.

My mom would “hear me out” with a “now, what do you have to say for yourself?” And make it clear she wasn’t listening and mock me while I spoke so I would get angry and she would use my anger as proof…