Performance Anxiety Profile 6: The Dissociator. When you blank on stage (and how to recover)

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You blanked completely mid-performance.

You felt like you were watching yourself from outside your body.

You performed an entire piece but can't remember doing it.

People tell you to 'just focus.' But you can't.

You're a Dissociator - and under pressure, your mind mentally checks out to protect you from overwhelm.

This is a trauma response - not a concentration issue you can 'try harder' to fix.

Your nervous system perceives unbearable stress and pulls an emergency brake: "I'm disconnecting."

You feel detached. Like watching from a distance. Or your mind goes completely blank - everything you've rehearsed disappears.

In this video:

✅ Why dissociation is a trauma response, not a focus problem

✅ How your nervous system 'checks you out' when it perceives danger

✅ Why 'concentrate harder' doesn't work for Dissociators

✅ How to prevent dissociation through nervous system regulation

✅ 3 recovery techniques that actually work when you blank: • The Safety Cue Word - one word that brings you back • Acknowledge with humanity - why admitting a slip connects you to the audience • Jump to a known section - keep moving forward without scrambling

✅ Why you must practise recovery in rehearsal before you need it on stage

The key insight: Recovery is what makes you professional, not perfection.

📺 WATCH THE COMPLETE SERIES:

Video 1: 7 Types of Performance Anxiety (Start Here)

Video 2: The Catastrophiser - "What If" Loops Video

3: The Somatic Sensor - Physical Symptoms

Video 4: The Imposter Perfectionist - Conditional Worth

Video 5: The Comparison Constable - Social Comparison

Video 6: The Avoider - Escape Urges

Video 7: The Dissociator - When You're On Stage But Not Really There (this week)

Video 8:The Inner Tormentor (coming next week)

About Dr Maja Jankowska: Clinical & Counselling Psychologist (HCPC registered, PhD, BPS Chartered) specialising in performing artists' mental health. I work with professional musicians, singers, actors, speakers and stage performers.

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