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Originally Posted by sweepy62
....The difference is there is no anesthesia, there are no nurses, no medical staff in the room, no pain killers readily available. Just you and your surgeon.
She or he, does not know whats ailing you, unless you tell him or her, so they pick here and their at your brain with tiny instruments (virtual) during this 50 minute procedure, sometimes causing pain. At this time you might produce your own anesthesia by (dissociating). Ooops 50 minutes are almost up, so he or he must virtually stitch you back up, and guide you back into the real world, and give you virtual pain killers ( coping skills) until he or she sees you next time to keep working on the ongoing procedure....
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I think that's a good analogy but usually people work both with a therapist and psychiatrist so the psychiatrist will be the one prescribing some pills when the pain is too much. Also keep in mind that some people go into therapy already a mess. So it's not like they need the surgeon to open them up, they're already bleeding a little bit every day from memories and triggers and so forth. So people also use dissociation in their daily life without even going to the therapist in the first place. Lastly, a good therapist will do his best not to work on really painful issues just the last minute. So hopefully the person won't leave in a terrible state , and at least be a little stitched up. Imagine as you're getting up the therapist says, Oh I know you keep thinking your parents sometimes are not loving but I've been reflecting on this and I actually think they never did love you much...see you next month.
