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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
Blue_Bird I don't see that it would hurt or stop being effective using the 54321 technique daily to help with anxiety/dissociation. At the very least, it would seem like it could lower your base level anxiety. I've never really used it for dissociation much, just panic & anxiety. Well, really, I use cold temperature because that works best for me. Deep breathing if I'm in a bind and trying to concentrate on the 54321 technique or getting to something cold is not doable (like if panic hits while driving).
I dissociate a lot too. Most days to some extent or another. Some times are more bothersome than others like if it happens while I'm driving. I've never really tried grounding to help with dissociation, a lot of the time when I dissociate I don't panic. Only if I start thinking/focusing on the dissociation too much I panic or if I do something that needs 100% of my focus like driving, I'm not sure that even makes sense?
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Yes that makes sense. And thank you for your reply. It’s probably a lot because I focus on it so much when it’s happening. It tends to happen less when I’m in contact with other people. I find talking to other people grounding. But it usually has to be over the phone or in person and I have nobody to talk to ever really anymore. So I end up sitting in my apartment dissociating and imaging worst case scenarios in a never ending anxiety spiral. So I’m trying to make an effort to get out more. But idk how to make friends.
I tend to dissociate most when I start imaging future scenarios that stress me out, then I get lost inside images in my head of worst case scenarios and can’t pull myself out. Or things I’m worried about.
Temperature helps me a lot too which is why I have ice packs I bought and put in my freezer for things like this. I tend to use them more when I’m having panic attacks though.
Maybe I just am overly focused on it when it’s happening. And that makes it worse