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Originally Posted by Amyjay
A few months ago I told my T that mindfulness was just like dissociation. She didn't get it. But to me it's like you stop thinking about everything that came before and only focus on the present moment. For some alters that's exactly what they have always done. It's how we live. We never think about what came before this present moment of consciousness. It didn't exist. All that exists is this present moment, right now.
When our T was trying to teach us mindfulness it was like, well duh, that's exactly what we always do. I think for people who dissociate re-associating is the harder skill.
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I think what you say here has absolute merit. I love it and I actually am interested to hear more about this because I think it could result in an entirely new kind of mindfulness practice focused on
re-associating. It could be a practice that maybe links past with present through sensations as well as thoughts. This has so much merit and I am...well, pretty amazed at how well you articulated this. Thanks.