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Originally Posted by Polykronic
I fell down the stairs for, like, the eleventh time this year and that's not even an exaggeration.
One time was just a standard slip I think (new shoes, marble floor at school) but nearly every other time it's from dissociating. Or maybe I dissociate after I fall. Or both. I dunno. I just think they're related somehow; it's been increasing as I dissociate more and become more aware of switching.
I live in a second story apartment, and work in a second story office, and all my classes are usually on the second or third floor. It's rare that there's an elevator --some of the buildings are historic so they don't have one. Since I gotta go to work and school and take the dog out, I probably go up and down the stairs nearly 20x a day.
Anyway, this time I just strained my neck, but I've been hurt pretty bad before. Anyone else experience this? Any ideas how to stop falling?
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my first reaction was Im surprised that your doctors are not trying to get to the bottom of your falling. here if you fell that much they would be checking if you are being abused or a medical problem...
I fall a lot, I thought it was Dissociative related but when my doctors started doing tests it turned out to be Multiple Sclerosis a physical health problem instead of a mental health problem..
Dissociation can on rare occasions cause a person to have accidents because they are not paying attention to their own safety...
that said from my understanding of dissociative disorders they dont get worse after diagnosis, they get better after diagnosis due to things like therapy, using grounding and other treatment options that treatment providers help / work with the dissociative on..
the fact that its getting worse now after diagnosis tells me that it may be a medical not mental problem...
my suggestion is contact your treatment providers, they can do all kinds of mental and medical tests to find out why you keep falling on stairs..I would also suggest using elevators when they are available and holding on to the wall or railing so that you dont fall in the mean time..