Hello….is there anybody in there? Just not if you can see me…is there anyone home?
Pink Floyd, anyone? Have you ever felt like you were present, but not? You’re looking at someone, maybe even talking, but then you’re also somewhere else entirely. Where is that place? Well, maybe it’s some dissociated part of you, a lost memory, an image you saw once that your brain fixated on and drips into your consciousness at some inopportune time, forcing you into a deep contrition for saying, “what?” five times when someone asks you what you want to order. Pink Floyd’s 1979 Comfortably Numb resonates with dissociation in that it evokes a detached, yet vulnerable voice that sounds just like it’s floating in space, and the other side of bombastic guitar work and orchestration that feels like the song is simultaneously rapaciously extending for something else. The contrast gives the track emotional power. It’s dreamlike, haunting, and also powerful.
And dissociation? It’s the same – like you’re detached from oneself, experiencing everything as if you’re a third party watching. Floating maybe, transcended from reality, or lost in your own dream. And sometimes we look at our cats, and they look completely lost. “Not again,” you think as you pet them with their sprawled eye contact, their empty countenance, and their absolute torpor. That’s why this hilarious collection of dissociated cat memes lost in the cosmos is purrfect for silly weekend scrolls. Enjoy!