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Originally Posted by FallingFreely
I've been triggered into dissociation in therapy in situations similar to this. I experience dissociation as a surreal feeling, then my vision goes very bright, then I start to feel really hot, then my ears ring. It usually occurs when my therapist is going on about something I don't want to hear. When she's done I'll realize I've missed most of what she said. Oddly it never happens anywhere else.
I agree with the others that it might be helpful to discuss with your therapist.
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thanks for this, your experience sounds very close to mine, particularly how you describe the vision.
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Originally Posted by FallingFreely
"I don't consider myself a member of your family"
This seems like a careless, minimizing thing to say.... IMO. That type of talk would upset me for sure.
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Thanks, that's what I thought too. Because I was so confused I found it hard to work out what he was trying to convey, I certainly don't think I've ever given him the impression that I did think that, I don't feel even massively attached to him to be honest, so I need to gain some clarity on where that came from. Like you say, it was minimising, and possibly some kind of clumsy reality check that he thought I might need... I don't know. I don't hold it against him, I just found it confusing and slightly offensive.