Thankyou Rapunzel once again for such a kind and thoughtful reply.
I have had a very hard 2 week due to not talking up about the dissociation. I have only been aware of this link due to your reply. My therapist wanted me to stay with my dissociated feelings which I was willing to attempt but you're right the problem came when she was unable to bring me to a safe place, and I was unable to tell her I was very unsafe by the end of the session. When I feel disconnected I want to cut all connection because I feel misread and alone. This has caused a crisis period which I'm not able to understand yet, all I really know is the pain and how I act due to the pain. I am struggling a lot.
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Originally Posted by Rapunzel
You might consider looking into DBT. DBT is designed to help people to be able to tolerate the reality they are living in even though it is scary and overwhelming, while learning the skills, bit by bit, to be able to cope and change what needs to change.
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This seems really useful. My therapist doesn't do DBT but I would love her to be able to help me cope day to day. She always talks long term but I feel like screaming at her that I need help in the short term! She'd probably disagree with me though and tell me I wouldn't cope with being dictated too......which is true.
All I really want is to be safe, pity that isn't possible........