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Old Jun 14, 2012, 11:43 AM
littleme420 littleme420 is offline
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Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post

what works for me for grounding is getting in touch with nature... literally. I take my canoe down to the lake and I focus myself on noticing the feel of the water, all the colors I see....focusing my attention on the present world around me instead of staying lost in my head.
I love nature but I can't run while I am at work and that is where most of my triggers are, I stay dissociated the whole time I am there and that's usually 5 hours. One of my triggers is attention I hate when people look at me and another is strange guys I don't know I work in retail as a cashier at a store so this is a hard one. My psy told me I should quit but I can't afford to and my managers and co-workers have been great, I couldn't ask for a a better work place, it's some of the customers that make it hell. I am going to look over the grounding techniques on that board you posted.

Am I correct in reading that grounding techniques wont actually stop you from dissociating? They just make it easier to switch? When I am dissociating I kind of know what I am doing I guess just kind of going through the motions but I'm not there mentally. I have had a few customers complain that I "Disappear" because when I dissociate you can see it on my face, A cross between emotionless to very, very sad looking, it looks like I am in a trance, My voice becomes very very quiet and I mumble, like when I was a child.
Thanks for this!
amandalouise