Dissociation is an altered state of consciousness characterized by partial or complete disruption of the normal integration of a person's normal conscious or psychological functioning. (direct Quote) A lot of big words to say the person for various reasons mostly trauma stores certain thought where it can't be accessed because it is not connected to consciousness, memory, emotion, sensory awareness and a number of other things that are normally connected and affect the thought corner of the triangle.
The dissociated person can not access these thoughts so has to connect with others. I imagine it would be like being drunk or stoned. The drunk person has the same memory drunk or sober but access is not there so the thought can't travel to the third corner of the triangle where reaction happens. Therefore reaction slows down or in the case of passing out, stops.
The dissociated person should still be able to do CBT for any thing except these thoughts that have been compartmentalized where there is no access. They are still there just not accessible. There is no information as to whether there is an actual physical separation as in deterioration of the brain as in Alzheimers or if it is mental as in the case of no chemical access due to a mental condition. If it was mental then it could be accessed by making the chemicals needed accessible. Apparently not or no information on this. Is there medication for this condition?
It might be possible to go back to the trauma if enough time has gone by and rethink the thoughts that are not accessible due to the compartmentalization of dissociation. I don't know.
I'm trying to think if there is any dissociated thought I can not access that I could try this on.
More on this if I can find more information or can get an hour with my therapist.
This one question has opened a lot more. Does the dissociated person get a blank spot when they try to think on something that is acting like it is not there? Does this cause panic the same as the illogic thought that causes panic does?
More questions.
A person doesn't expect there to be light in a dark room and accepts that and does something else, leave the room or turn on a light, or of course panic.
Could the dissociated person accept that there is no access and go back to the trigger and think something else, such as "okay I can't go there" (because now I know why)? I don't know, no information but I think CBT might allow this. More questions I don't have answers to and want. What do you think, obviously this is important to you?
Davit.