Dissociative experience scales (DES)

This questionnaire consists of 28 questions about experiences that you may have in your daily life. We are interested in how often you have these experiences. It is important, however, that your answers show how often these experiences happen to you when you are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

To answer the questions, please determine to what degree the experience described in the question applies to you and select the percentage of the time you have the experience from 0% (Never) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% (Always).

First name and surname Required

NHS number Required

Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) Required

Group / course name (if not individual therapy)

Psychologist (if individual therapy)

Some people have the experience of driving or riding in a car or bus or subway and suddenly realizing that they don’t remember what has happened during all or part of the trip. Required

Some people find that sometimes they are listening to someone talk and they suddenly realize that they did not hear part or all of what was said. Required

Some people have the experience of finding themselves in a place and have no idea how they got there. Required

Some people have the experience of finding themselves dressed in clothes that they don’t remember putting on. Required

Some people have the experience of finding new things among their belongings that they do not remember buying. Required

Some people sometimes find that they are approached by people that they do not know, who call them by another name or insist that they have met them before. Required

Some people sometimes have the experience of feeling as though they are standing next to themselves or watching themselves do something and they actually see themselves as if they were looking at another person. Required

Some people are told that they sometimes do not recognize friends of family members. Required

Some people find that they have no memory for some important events in their lives (for example, a wedding or graduation). Required

Some people have the experience of being accused of lying when they do not think that they have lied. Required

Some people have the experience of looking in a mirror and not recognizing themselves. Required

Some people have the experience of feeling that other people, objects, and the world around them are not real. Required

Some people have the experience of feeling that their body does not seem to belong to them. Required

Some people have the experience of sometimes remembering a past event so vividly that they feel as if they were reliving that event. Required

Some people have the experience of not being sure whether things that they remember happening really did happen or whether they just dreamed them. Required

Some people have the experience of being in a familiar place but finding it strange and unfamiliar. Required

Some people find that when they are watching television or a movie they become so absorbed in the story that they are unaware of other events happening around them. Required

Some people find that they become so involved in a fantasy or daydream that it feels as though it were really happening to them. Required

Some people find that they sometimes are able to ignore pain. Required

Some people find that they sometimes sit staring off into space, thinking of nothing, and are not aware of the passage of time. Required

Some people sometimes find that when they are alone, they talk out loud to themselves. Required

Some people find that in one situation they may act so differently compared with another situation that they feel almost as if they were two different people. Required

Some people sometimes find that in certain situations they are able to do things with amazing ease and spontaneity that would usually be difficult for them (for example, sports, work, social situations, etc). Required

Some people sometimes find that they cannot remember whether they have done something or have just thought about doing that thing (for example, not knowing whether they have just mailed a letter or have just thought about mailing it). Required

Some people find evidence that they have done things that they do not remember doing. Required

Some people sometimes find writings, drawings, or notes among their belongings that they must have done but cannot remember doing. Required

Some people sometimes find that they hear voices inside their head that tell them to do things or comment on things that they are doing. Required

Some people sometimes feel as if they are looking at the world through a fog, so that people and objects appear far away or unclear. Required

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