Stress and co-consciousness

[pleiades-rising.livejournal.com]

Normally, our system is pretty co-conscious. We lose a few minutes here and there, and once in a blue moon, an hour or two. But I found that I lost a full day! And lately I've been forgetting things that happen while the others are up front. I don't know why I'm losing co-consciousness, but I think it might be stress related, because I've been under a lot of stress lately. Then I've realized that during times when I'm really stressed, I have a tendency to not remember what the others do. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

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[gryphons.livejournal.com]

*nods* yeah.. it happens to us sometimes.. actually a lot lately.

[spazishness.livejournal.com]

ALLLL the time. I hate it.

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

Sounds familiar to me.

One thing that seems to end up happening as well when i'm under stress (note: this is just personal it doesn't really have anything to do with your post) is that I think I'll be about to say something but it comes out of my mouth (or even fingers sometimes) as something else entirely , whether tone or actual content.

And, sometimes, I just end up dropping seconds.

(Note: Using "I" loosely...)

C.

[jaga-system-.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely!

It does depend on who's out and what's going on as to whether or not we are co-conscious or err, I'm co-conscious with the others. For those of us in the Julies System, we're pretty co-conscious though, and lose time or track of time similar to you and in other different ways. It's so variable. I think we are consistently inconsistent.

I've been under a lot of stress lately and things that I normally will retain after the others are not fronting anymore, I'm *not* retaining well at all. I've had considerable confusion over whether X happened or if it was only talked about internally or thought about from one or more of us. I haven't been able to be sure if something was said or done or just thought about. Also, in general (without intense stress), a lot of my co-consciousness is more of "in the moment," as the full info doesn't really stay with me when I return to full front or the main one fronting and the others co-conscious with me. Most of the time (reguarly without the extra stress) I will retain the factual knowledge that so and so was out front or someone was out and A happened or Z is the subject matter, but the details and information between A and Z is either fuzzy or non-existant after the fact (after the "in the moment" that I was "co-conscious" to...even immediately after they go back into our world the info between A and Z is often just lost/taken from me).

Anyway, lately I've noticed that even my A and Z is non-existant (along with the regular in between stuff of fuzziness or no info) and I'm losing time to the A and Z and/or very fuzzy and unclear about them. I'm certain it is stress related, because it is happening in a lot of day-to-day stuff. Normally we sort of maintain a factual knowledge base of day-to-day events or important information we need to all know about that those of us main fronters share (generally speaking).

I said a lot of details, as usual, when basically my answer is "YES."

Julie

[sethrenn.livejournal.com]

It's normal for single people to not remember what they've done when under a lot of stress.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Much as my colleagues like to say that "we never lose time", it is not quite true. I do, as a matter of fact. Put me under emotional or mental stress and I will lose one day. Never more or less.

Stress does this to people, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with so-called dissociation or being plural. Time is funny; it sometimes seems to fold up and you shake it out but cannot find Thursday no matter how hard you look.

If you are concerned about memory loss, take ginkgo.

[fraisefems.livejournal.com]

Yes, we do sometimes lose a day here or there if very stressed. I think its "normal" for some under lots of stress for singlets or multis.

[leejoon.livejournal.com]

Frequently.

[blackwing-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh, definately. Whenever I'm stressed I either am too busy to remember most of what I'm doing, or I'll switch to someone more able to cope, and then I won't really recall it. Stress is a big memory-loss trigger. Not to mention, we're not all that co-conscious to begin with.

[shatterstorm.livejournal.com]

Heavy stress can give us all kinds of problems. The body and physical parts of the mind operate differently under different levels of stress. Evaluate what you're eating and the amount and quality of sleep you're getting - such basic things are very important when under long term stress.

Nowadays we don't usually lose time, although we can if someone fronts who doesn't know how to share memory with the rest of us. Singletons will have more "senior moments" when under stress as well.

[terp-lj.livejournal.com]

heh... when we're under a lot of stress, everyone else just disappears inside, and I'm stuck fronting during conflict... It gets tiresome, because the others have developed a reputation for their cheery dispositions, while I'm thought of as cold, distant, confrontational, and mean. It's really frustrating.