I disassociate.

When things get too much i shut down & vanish. It's not a choice, it's an established defence mechanism. But earlier i replied to the DMs I've gotten this past year & later I think I'll open the gifts I've been sent too. So it looks like I'm coming back.

How are you all?

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Northguy1 · 61-69, M

I disassociate, too. Like you said, it's a defense mechanism. It's like getting drunk, though: When you come out of it, all of the issues and problems and other people's drama is still there, just waiting. There doesn't seem to much hope that it will ever stop, if it hasn't (in my life) for more than 50 years.