When dissociation occurs, it can seem like a woman is “out of it” or spacey, dazed, robotic or confused about basic facts or her surroundings. Sometimes people lose concept of time (which can easily happen in the hospital setting). Some women might speak of an “out-of-body” experience, such as fl oating above one’s own body or seeing the procedures happening to them. When women experience fl ashbacks, they may have signifi cant distress after seeing images and react as if the event were actually occurring.