[Overcastbutclearing]

Since I have been like 11 I have been "dissociating" I guess. I have trained myself to leave the current moment I am in, and float over it watching myself. It has become my saving grace in many facets of my life.
I thought I was crazy. For the first time Weds. night I told my T I do this.
Now...she wants to have me explain more about what I go through so we can "integrate" my "parts".
I wish I never told her. I feel so exposed now. I feel uneasy. I am having a hard day in my head.

sj - my answers to your question and many more such as what dissociation is, how a child dissociates, how the more severe form (DID) is diagnosed, and my therapy program that I have been on for the past 5 years can be found in my blog. If you don't know how to get there - click on blogs at the top of this page then click on the word "users" or "get your own" then click on either the word "myself" or "memyselfandI" and then you will see my blog. take care.

[Mahali]

I think you need to make sure T is willing to go slow and easy. What ever a person's diagnosis is you have need to have a comfort level with what the desired out come is and how you will reach it.

Anytime a safety is taken there needs to be a safety in it's place. You know?

[Fuzzybear]

bsb, I worked with "lucy" in therapy and although it's scary it is ultimately very helpful (whatever your dx is, as place said)

take care
Fuzzy

[Zorah]

Dissociation is a neccessary skill in many professions.

Just because you dissociate, it doesn't neccessarily mean you have "parts". There are many kinds of dissociation.

Perhaps you should remind your t of the dx DD NOS, that is, Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

PM if we can help, we do have "parts", whatever the hell that means. We have been researching human consciousness for about 40 years, through many fields of study, & we still aren't sure that it's not the others (who say they don't have parts) who are lying.

[hillbunnyb]

Ahhh love the implied nuances of yer reply.... so many layers to so many parts.... I too contemplate the lot....

You have alot of say in your therapy and the progress of it. The first time my T drew a picture that was meant to explain opening communication between my others it appeared she was erasing the lines that represented them. Vicki freaked and was sure she was to be erased. We talked to T about that and got a much better explaination and our T often checks to be sure we are all on the same page and understand what is happening.
w_i

[allthegirls6]

sj,

Feeling exposed has got to be one of the scariest feelings in the world. Your instincts are probably telling you to clam up and hide. But if you could grab this little life boat that your T is sending you, and open up just a little, it will do you good in the long term.

Seize the moment and try with all you have to stay open.

You just gotta!

all the girls