[Claritytoo]

My t asked if I would be interested in joining a small group of others with DID. I immediately said no. The first thing I thought of is that someone will trigger me or that I will be angry Or that I will take on the nurturing role and not take care of myself. Something I have done for years. Has anyone ever been in a group DID session? If so how does it work? How do you not get triggered? Why would you want to be in a group DID session? Thanks

to be honest we would have done and said the same exact thing as you. we actually have been in a group like that and our personal experience was disasterous-NOT that it would be like that for you but the others in the group had little to zero ability to control who came out and the triggering of each other was terrible so needless to say that didnt last very long for us. we believe it can be beneficial IF the facilitators have a VERY GOOD grasp on all the members and each one is able to do some sort of self monitoring. sorry if that wasnt too helpful but that was what we experienced ♥

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

My t asked if I would be interested in joining a small group of others with DID. I immediately said no. The first thing I thought of is that someone will trigger me or that I will be angry Or that I will take on the nurturing role and not take care of myself. Something I have done for years. Has anyone ever been in a group DID session? If so how does it work? How do you not get triggered? Why would you want to be in a group DID session? Thanks

here in NY there are many different kinds of therapy groups. most each member of the group is responsible for managing their own triggers. its sort of like being a member here on psych central....how do you manage your triggers here? you use what ever tools /skills you have been taught and if it gets too hard you log off. well in real time therapy groups regardless of the type of group each member of the group is responsible for their own well being, behaviors, what they bring to the group and what they dont want to talk about during the group. If someone gets triggered they are expected to use their grounding, and other therapeutic techniques they have learned and are learning in the group to self manage self nurture. If things get too hard the member can walk out or leave or quit the group.

groups on DID here in the city are just like groups on anxiety, depression drugs alcohol....the group focuses on topics of education of the mental disorder, ways to cope, self nurture, self manage that mental disorder.

Example when my therapist ran the crisis center therapy group on dissociative disorders we learned what dissociative disorders are, learned to use grounding. We learned about how important it was to have a good diet exercise plan, how sleep or lack there of affects mental disorders, how to manage medications for those on meds, applying what we are learning, homework to practice what we were learning, role playing/group activities, sharing our stories/situations/.......overall it was basically the same stuff I would learn in one on one therapy sessions only in a group setting,

why was I in the group....to learn about having DID, learn more about grounding and to learn how to manage all my problems/symptoms without having to go inpatient.