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Old Jun 23, 2016, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2 View Post
Hey hi psychnitrous...you are in the right place and are welcomes. I get bouts of DR/DP when anxious and stressed, like sensory overload by overstimulation, but not as bad as you have it. Have you learned any grounding techniques? Like when I go DR, like in a grocery store with all the checkout sounds beeping, people talking, everything moving, tons of color all around, it feels like I step back and be like watching a movie, out of body/mind like-unreality. I usually try to direct my attention to an object and focus on it looking at its shape, color, texture...., or read a label, or get off somewhere quiet. I try to not get lost in the feeling, or Ill have a panic attack.

I hope you get better.
Thanks for replying. I've learned a couple of grounding techniques, but I haven't used them often. One my therapist has encouraged me to use is finding several things that I see, feel, hear, etc., using all my senses. I have a spinner ring also that I've tried to use for grounding, but I have a hard time keeping it on my finger since I don't wear it often to begin with.
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