i do know how to get grounded... and i have worked with my t to develop ways to stay safe... but... what i am trying to say... i guess not clearly is that sometimes the things i do to get grounded seem to have the same end result as when i cut... i am not sure i see how one is that much better then the other... i want to heal... and get to the place where i don't get triggered in the first place... the place where my first reaction isn't to need to cut so i can disassociate... to the place where my ptsd symptoms aren't so powerful... i don't want to just treat the surface...lyn