I have a lot of problems w/dissociating, especially when I have intense nightmares or flashbacks, the usual ptsd crap. I have been dissociating a lot in session lately as we get closer to talking about trauma from my past.

That's actually been good because it's been an opportunity for T to help me learn how to stay present or bring myself back & ground myself. A lot of times I go numb or can't feel my body at all & that's when she'll hand me some putty or something to hold in my hands and manipulate, that helps a lot with bringing me back into my body.

Even typing that ^ has given me the feeling of numbness throughout my legs but I just keep breathing through it. The mindfulness skills I have learned in DBT are excellent for grounding, especially the things about following the breath, because no matter where I am or what I'm doing, I always have my breath & can focus on that without anyone knowing what I'm doing.