Dissociative Fugue: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
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Dissociative fugue is a symptom where a person has memory loss along with travel or wandering. It often happens because of severe trauma or stress.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That headline is terrible…

    People have claimed that it last for months and causes them to adopt a new life, but even those claims are very very rare and often someone who ran away from their old life.

    A real fugue state would be something like “highway hypnosis” where you’re doing a repetitive activity and your brain just decides it can handle it on autopilot.

    • TXL@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 days ago

      There’s definitely a lot of “think horses, not zebras” that’s called for with these stories.