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Old Oct 03, 2010, 04:41 PM
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What is the term when you switch but are prest to have a common memory? This is when we feel safe and know that we are near someone that will keep us safe if we do switch or in a public place so that we can leave if we do not feel safe.
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The second term we are looking for is when we sitch in fear and have a black out due to fear and have no memoir of what has happened but can tell that time has passed. Wht do you call this and how do find safety when the ones that cause it are suppose to be the specialtice that are to help you? WE feel alright when we have some one with us but it has gotten to the point that because those T that hurt us in the past we do not feel safe with the T we Have now. Dou to the issues around this it really will change even if we got another T so we are trying to work this fear out with the one we have but do not have the words that will help us get this person to understand it.
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CAn you help us find the words? This is the point of debate that is keeping us from getting a SErvice dog up to this point. She says that she can get us permission for a dog that can stay home but we need something that will allow us to spend more time out of the apartment and allow us to feel surcure enough to be around people and make friends. We can not do that if we are homebound and not able to relaxe around people.
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Thank you all for your help.
Different areas, countries and mental and medical persons use different terms depending on each persons situation, symptoms and diagnosis.

Around here there is no special words other than the word switching for the act of changing into an alter. though each of our clients have their own terms for discribing what is happening to them based on how they feel while they switch. example one client calls it sinking, another calls it melting, another client calls it floating.

being aware and sharing the same memories as the alter is called being co conscious.

reactions like doing something because of a trigger is called having an anxiety attack example when I become anxious, nervous, fearful of something I have panic symptoms and if not taken care of I have dissociation symptoms.

the terms associated with having black outs depends on the underlying symptoms and reasons example an alcoholic will have black outs if they drink. a drug addict will have black outs if they use drugs, a person prone to anxiety attacks will have black outs because they are hyperventilating or not breathing enough,

Here the term black outs is not used in relation to having dissociative disorders. here the mental health community believes a dissociative person loses time but they dont black out they "switch" into alters. if a person cant remember what happened during the time they are an alter they are experiencing dissociative amnesia which is different than drinking or doing drugs so much your body cant focus and remember things.

My suggestion is talk with your treatment people. they can tell you what the correct terms are for your situation and location and can help you through the process of getting the right pet you need so that you can feel safe.
Thanks for this!
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