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Old Nov 10, 2009, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon6 View Post
This is exactly what has been happening to me. Ftt talks to me about PTSD in each session, but I seem to be blocking it out/not listening, but since posting and reading this, I am realizing that she is talking about that. I dont remember what I was doing that she called ptsd. Or what I have been saying these past few sessions that she referred to as "typical ptsd" reactions I am having. If I think enough I might remember. I just dont want to go there. I want to forget it all and go about my evening.

Yes- I sort of can go numb, too. This past session was the first one where I told her I couldnt listen to what she was saying because I felt far away and underwater. She had me move around and drink my decaf.

You sound good at this. These are good ideas. I need ideas of things to do to ground myself when no one knows what I am doing.
thanks. I *sound* good at this, maybe, but it's actually BEING good at it that would help me more. I have to figure out how to move what I know in my head into something I can remember & use when I'm in crisis. Not so easy.

My T has never used the terms "dissociating" or "grounding" with me, so it's been hard for me to sort out what's going on, that's why coming here has been so amazing for me. I am seeing that I'm not alone & there are other people who have the same reactions & thoughts & behaviors, that there are actual NAMES for these things, it's just been incredibly validating.