The Songbird System

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Disclaimer: These are based on my own experiences and what I’ve read of other people’s experiences. I am not a doctor, nor do I represent anyone but myself who experiences dissociation/depersonalization/derealization. Some of these points may assume an abled body, as that is the type of body I have and am familiar with. Tier 0 also assumes no other mental/neurological disorders, which is untrue to my own brain but used for simplicity’s sake. Very simplistic list in general, mainly due to it being a list.

Tier 0

No brain fog.

No visual fog.

Senses are generally clear.

Reflection is recognizable.

Friends and family are recognizable.

When you touch something, you feel it immediately.

Everything is the correct distance away.

You can walk easily.

You can speak and easily understand yourself.

You can easily understand others when they speak.

You can multitask.

You are not detached from the world in any way.

Memory is mostly consistent.

Tier 1

Mild brain fog.

Visual fog is minimal or nonexistent.

Some other senses may be dulled, such as smell.

You know your reflection is your reflection, but you may not have a connection to it.

You can recognize your friends and family, but you might have to think about it.

Sense of touch may have minimal lag.

The floor may seem closer or further than normal.

The world in general may seem too close or too far, but not debilitatingly so.

Walking may require some focus.

Voice may feel thick in your mouth, but no one else seems concerned.

Other people’s voices may seem far away or too loud.

Multitasking is difficult, but doable.

You’re slightly detached from the world.

Memories are harder to hold on to.

Tier 2

Moderate brain fog; thinking is becoming difficult.

The world may seem significantly grayer or fuzzier.

Other senses are dulled to some degree.

You cognitively know your reflection is supposed to be you, but it doesn’t seem right.

You can’t immediately recognize your friends and family. They could be who you think they are, but you aren’t sure.

When you touch something, a lag of about a second or more occurs before you recognize any feeling, or even that you touched anything at all.

All distances are wrong. The floor is wrong, objects are wrong, other people are wrong, etc.

You need to focus to get one place to another.

Other people may notice differences in your speech. You might not be able to.

You aren’t always sure people are speaking the same language as any you know. You might ask them to repeat themselves more than once.

You can do one task at most without extreme difficulty and/or slowness.

You feel as though you and the world are on separate planes.

You can’t remember much from these points in time. You might even have “lost time.”

Tier 3

You’ve lost all memory of this point.

Friends say you acted off, but that’s all you know.