I have straight forward dissociative problems, no alters or anything like that. Do I still qualify for this thread? I'm new to this thread and not sure what more to say atm. I just found it today as i'm a regular on the bpd thread.
My dissociation is causing me huge problems.
GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
SJaime: Welcome to RYL, I see that you joined this month. I understand that having an inside world where you can go when things are difficuld for you is a good thing to have. But you also said that you can't really coltrol the dissociation, so I guess it is also a huge problem for you. When I wasn't able to control the dissociation my therapist had a few really useful exercises for me. So now I am able to come back to reality on my own and most of the times I can control the dissociation. I even learned how to dissociate myself on purpose, so that is useful, too.
fragile as glas (sorry, don't know your real name): sure you qualify for this thread, you have dissociations so you are welcome to write about it here.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
Hello disneyfreak (sorry, don't know your real name). This must be a scary situation for you, has anything like that happened before?
Do you know where you are?
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
Hello disneyfreak (sorry, don't know your real name). This must be a scary situation for you, has anything like that happened before?
Do you know where you are?
Hannah is my name but I prefer Disney...
it's happened before but I've not been on my own before I've been with friends who have been able to remind me I'm safe or remind me of where I am at lest.
yes, I'm in my room but it looks different....
"For I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me"
"You are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me"
My carer/partner hates me going out alone as i always dissociate and cross roads without looking and cars have to brake. I just fall into a world of my own. If I can't cope with something I slip into dissociation too. And I self harm when dissociated. :(
GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
disneyfreak: Do you know when you went to your brother exactly? What happened there? Do you know what happened immediately afterwards?
If your room looks different from before, how do you know it's your room?
fragile as glass: it must be scary when you come back from dissociation and you have hurt yourself while being dissociated. Do you have any strategies to come back from dissociation?
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
disneyfreak: Do you know when you went to your brother exactly? What happened there? Do you know what happened immediately afterwards?
If your room looks different from before, how do you know it's your room?
fragile as glass: it must be scary when you come back from dissociation and you have hurt yourself while being dissociated. Do you have any strategies to come back from dissociation?
at about quater to 6 i went up the stairs to my brother. i went up to pet the cat and give her to him so that he could have her for a bit [mum tells us to share] i don't know really clearly what happened i remember coming down the stairs and then comeing into my room and shutting my eyes and then...feeling *that* happen again...knwo it's my room because can hear the tv in the background and smell my sisters cream in the corner of the room xxx
"For I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me"
"You are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me"
disneyfreak: how are you feeling now? Do you know any grounding techniques?
Liddy: that is a good thing with the teddy and the perfume. I used to carry a 'smell' with me so I could apply it to my wrist or the sleeve of my sweater and smell on it when I'm about to dissociate.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
disneyfreak: Do you know any grounding techniques?
Liddy: The teddy with the perfume is a good idea, and its good that it is working well for you. I used to do a similar thing and had a perfume that i could spray on my wrist when i was about to dissociate.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
can you tell me 5 things you can see in your room?
er... a present for my friend
my pennies box
headphones
text books
a picture of me and my sister when we were littler
*hides* he still here can still hear him
"For I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me"
"You are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me"
is there anything else you can hear? Maybe something you can hear through your window, cars or something. Maybe you can hear your breathing? Try and focus on different things you can hear.
Once you are done with that, you can start to feel your body.
Can you feel 5 things? (e.g. the chair you are sitting on)
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
