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Default Mar 08, 2006 at 04:00 AM
 
Yea I do. I found out its not any medication problem with me. Basically what happens when a person dissociates their body physically acts out the memory being triggered - this means that while the person is dissociated the persons heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate changes from the normal rate to those rates that are stored in the memory that has been triggered into acting out. sound complicated but this is what it looks like-

I am in my normal fully aware frame of mind. Im sitting talking with a friend and during the conversation we start talkng about something that contains one of my triggers and because I start feeling uncomfortable I start floating back and into my la la land. The trigger that is in the conversation matches with one of my memories so at my mentally leaving my brain starts rerunning that memory content including my heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, brain chemicals and so on that I had at the time that memory was seperated and stored in my unconsious level.

Mentally nothing has changed for me Im me floating in my mental safe place but physically my body is rerunning the mary memories (separated and stored at age 16). Thats a BIG jump for my body to go from the chemical balance, breathing rate, heart rate and so on of a 40 plus year old to that of a 16 year old. and then when I "come back" to full awareness those physically rerunning memories stop and my brain in a snap goes back on the 40 year old heart rate and so on. The side effects are dizzyness, blurred vision, and a headache. I get more of a headache (more like a migraine) when I have been in the Margo memories then I do the Katherine memories. Which is one of the ways I can tell when something has triggered the Margo memories. Katherine memories leave me with a dull ache that only lasts a few minutes where as rerunning the margo memories leave me with a major head ache for about 15 minutes.

Theres no medication for this its more recognizing your triggers kind of thing. You take care of the triggers so that your body no longer reruns the memories and the headaches go away.

I know that I can't control EVERY time I end up dissociating for sometimes it happens but I pay attention to my triggers and I know that certain activities like therapy there may be times when I end up dissociating sometimes unexpectedly like my last session one second my therapist and I are talking and the next I hear her say something like - you just went somewhere. and told me how she knew I was gone and then asked am I still talking to (my name). I let her know that it was still me. I can't figure out what the trigger was other than possibly the day... but anyway back on track here because I know certain things like therapy may contain a trigger or two or discussing things that may trigger me so I plan on having NO PLANS after things like my therapy sessions. that way I can sllep off the head ache, or whatever just give myself that time needed to not only mentally come back to full awareness but physically too.
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