Actually that’s why we use ketamine as a painkiller. Dissociating is a powerful tool for both ignoring physical and psychological pain. When it comes to psychological harm, like anxiety from a casual conversation, then that conversation can’t really harm you if you’re precluding the anxiety from existing in the first place. That’s why it’s a coping mechanism. It’s just a destructive one in the long term.
Hmm. Yes indeed. But can’t it… well…hurt, like physically, even if the sense of self is gone?
Actually that’s why we use ketamine as a painkiller. Dissociating is a powerful tool for both ignoring physical and psychological pain. When it comes to psychological harm, like anxiety from a casual conversation, then that conversation can’t really harm you if you’re precluding the anxiety from existing in the first place. That’s why it’s a coping mechanism. It’s just a destructive one in the long term.
Hmm. Thanks for the info. I might need to have a talk with my psychiatrist.
Oh, btw, one last thing. When you say “we”, you mean… Who ? Thanks!
I’m a nurse so the medical community.
Oh, right. I thought it was related to a particular kind of diagnosis. Thanks for clarifying.