I think it can be one of the symptoms of ptsd - i hadnt thought of it as disassociation till Sannah mentioned it in another thread - if things get hard in therapy I lose my words - it's like i am trying to squeeze them out of the fog in my head - I close my eyes and cut off all other input so I can get the words to come out - and the words are squeezed out one at a time like my mind doesnt want to give them up! T will then go to a safe subject or sometimes I will f i can get the words out to change the subject

I couldnt speak to stop the session so at another session I asked her if I hold up my hand can we go to a safe subject and she said yes - i've used it in EMDR and it helped - maybe if you cant speak the words a hand signal would be ok?

re-treating in your mind to find a moments peace is a protection peice I have too - I call it taking a step back - it's like i step back from what is happening and watch and operate from a distance until I can participate again -

being stressed makes all these things worse for me and far more likey to happen - then I get more anxious that they happened and they happen again - it's a viscious cycle (did I spell that right - prob not! ) so if I can get a hol of myself I will do relaxation techniques like diaphramatice breathing, listen to music that relaxes me - you are not alone - take care P7