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Serious question: Why would this be any different than reading a book?

Is the implied suggestion, that, anything that is not "real" is bad? Does watching a tv show, movie or youtube video, reading a novel, or listening to podcasts of people discussing things (either fictional or "real world") have the same supposed impact? What about listening to a co-worker tell me about their weekend?

How do we define a disassociative activity?

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Good question - one of the soft clinical signs of a person with css I’ve noticed: they come to clinic w a thick fantasy novel in hand.

So imo every activity can facilitate dissociation to a different degree depending on the activity and individual. Gaming, gambling, stress eating, and actual substance use out on one end of the spectrum. Hiking, gardening in the middle. And mindfulness body scans on the other end.

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