In Poland some people say "I'll get out of myself and stand besides" when they get angry. But that may have to do more with being so frustrated that you want to leave your body than with actually leaving the body. We also say that "somebody was getting out of themself" meaning they were trying really, really hard. And we also have sayings that are clearly about dissociation: "somebody lives in their own world" and "somebody is unglued from reality" ("unglued" doesn't sound so weird in Polish). Now we even have a word for dissociation in a youth slang ("odklejka") based on the second one, which has been given a Jury Award in the Plebiscite for the Youth Word of the Year (yup, that's a thing here xD). We also use phrase "internal conflict" (especially teachers of Polish language) and "the voice of reason" a lot, but I feel like it's common in English too?
About visual imagery we can't not think about all the memes: "when your different friend groups meet and you need to combine different personalities you show around them". Or "my two personalities trying to decide what to wear". We see it EVERYWHERE. My personal favourite is the joke:
- I like your personality
-Thanks, I made this one just for you
In Poland some people say "I'll get out of myself and stand besides" when they get angry. But that may have to do more with being so frustrated that you want to leave your body than with actually leaving the body. We also say that "somebody was getting out of themself" meaning they were trying really, really hard. And we also have sayings that are clearly about dissociation: "somebody lives in their own world" and "somebody is unglued from reality" ("unglued" doesn't sound so weird in Polish). Now we even have a word for dissociation in a youth slang ("odklejka") based on the second one, which has been given a Jury Award in the Plebiscite for the Youth Word of the Year (yup, that's a thing here xD). We also use phrase "internal conflict" (especially teachers of Polish language) and "the voice of reason" a lot, but I feel like it's common in English too?
About visual imagery we can't not think about all the memes: "when your different friend groups meet and you need to combine different personalities you show around them". Or "my two personalities trying to decide what to wear". We see it EVERYWHERE. My personal favourite is the joke: - I like your personality -Thanks, I made this one just for you