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Originally Posted by jacq10
Hi everyone,
Lately my T has been asking me to journal my thoughts when I get to my "bad" place - for me, it's wanting to SI.
I've never been very good at the journaling beforehand, as it always seems like an impulsive decision. The other day I SI'd pretty bad (had to go to the hospital for stitches). In my journal entry that I gave my T explaining what had happened, I frequently switched from saying things like "and then I did ..." or "and then I felt" to talking in the 3rd person like "who will ever love her" or "[SI related] to her"
I didn't even pick up on it, T did. I'm scared at what that might be  .... I've been under a lot more stress than normal lately (my 51-year old dad had a massive stroke a month ago), plus grad school applications, etc. etc. and so I'm hoping that this is just stress-related.
Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Am I just reading too much into things? I've only ever had one "dissociative" episode before... and it was during a bad SI. Re: what happened the other night... I'm not missing any parts in my memory... that I'm aware of!
Thanks so much all,
tc
Jacq |
there are many different reasons a person writes, thinks and talks about their self in the third person (ie her, she, it, he, him, they...instead of I, me, my)
one of the reasons I would do that is because of sleep deprivation. other times it was because of my medications.. my alters all responded and replied/used the first person pronouns. they never talked using the he, she, and other third person pronouns.
sometimes I would use third person pronouns when I was having my bipolar symptoms, sometimes it was anemia and sometimes it is because of my ms and other reasons.
only you and your treatment providers knows and can discover why you are doing this at this time.
my suggestion it was your therapist that noticed it so talk with your therapist. they will explain whether this is something they feel should be a concern or issue you may need to work on medically or physically.