You may react differently to the same thing at different times because your state has changed. For example, when you are feeling more present and connected to yourself, you may notice time gaps and feel deeply concerned by them. At other times, when you are feeling more distant from yourself or emotionally disconnected, those same time gaps may seem unimportant, exaggerated, or easy to explain away.
This can happen because different parts of a dissociative system may hold different levels of awareness, concern, memory access, or belief about what is happening. As a result, the same experiences may feel highly significant at one time and doubtful or meaningless at another.
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