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Sep 25, 2009, 09:27 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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Hi again Blue, 
How you work on it in therapy depends on each person, what they're diagnosis is, and what method of therapy seems to work best for them.
Generally, when working with dissociative symptoms/disorders, therapy takes a bit longer because you do work to identify how separated your ego states are. Ego states are the different parts of you ~ like...you feel/behave differently at work/school than you do at a party; this is normal for people. The more extreme end of this is when each ego state takes on a more independent life of it's own.
Once you identify this, and you are in a stable place mentally/emotionally, work begins on processing whatever traumas were in ones life that encouraged the dissociation. As the trauma work is being done, you are also learning more adaptive coping skills to help teach yourself how to stay more in the present, instead of your psyche "leaving" when it feels stressed.
It can be irritating and uncomfortable when you "leave", but if you attempt to hold it back it will generally cause more stress. Your T, or a T with experience in Dissiociation will be able to help you work through this. It just takes time and practice and you need to be patient with yourself and allow yourself to go at your own pace. Rushing it only causes more stress/trauma.
Keep posting if you like. We'll be here for you. And good for you for working with T and following through with your homework. It's scary, but you can do it!! 
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