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Originally Posted by XAutumnX
Hello all,
I have suffered Dissociation for quite a few years but didn't know it was dissociation until last year. I also suffer from feeling of not being real (I know it has a name but I can't think of it).
Anyway I dissociate nearly every time I'm in my therapist's office and then I struggle to come back and sometimes it takes the whole day. When i leave the session I can't remember a single word that had been said which from my point of view is a waste of a session. I can feel when I'm about to dissociate however I don't know how to stop it from happening. I told my therapist once and she don't do much to help, she just tries to wrap the session up quicker and keeps asking me if I'm with her before letting me go. I don't think that's helpful as she isn't helping me prevent it (if you can).
So I was wondering how do you all keep yourself grounded and if you can't how do you snap out of it?
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did you ask your therapist why she ends the session when you dissociate? when I asked my T's that did this their reply was that dissociating showed her she had to back off. a person dissociates when they feel triggered / retraumatized in therapy. they did not want to retraumatize me, make me worse. therapy is supposed to help not harm.
I have many ways I ground myself...
go for a ride in my canoe around the lake,
skiing / snowshoeing
scented candles
aromatic foods (love apples and cinnamon)
call my therapist
watch an action packed movie
grounding is just doing things you enjoy and that are calming to you. these things and others are what I enjoy and is calming to me.