Dissociative Disorders Support Chat

Hi all,

The first chat on Coping with Dissociative Disorders will be tonight, Monday 7th July, at 10pm EST, and a following chat at 8am Tuesday 8th July EST.

Everyone is welcome

The initial discussion will begin with definitions of depersonalisation & derealsisation & proceed to free chat, where we are hoping that anyone with concerns will suggest topics for discussion.

Hoping to see you there

Derealization is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal. Other symptoms are feeling as though one's environment is lacking in spontaneity, emotional colouring and depth. It is a dissociative symptom of many conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders, and not a standalone disorder. It is also a transient side effect of acute drug intoxication, sleep deprivation and stress.

Depersonalization (or depersonalisation) is an 'alteration' in the perception or experience of the self so that one feels 'detached' from, and as if one is an 'outside' observer of, one's mental processes or body. A feeling of watching oneself act, while having no control over a situation. It can be considered desirable, such as in the use of recreational drugs, but it usually refers to the severe form found in anxiety and, in the most intense case, panic attacks. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real, vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance. It can sometimes be a rather disturbing experience, since many feel that indeed, they are living in a "dream."

Depersonalization is a subjective experience of unreality in one's sense of self, while derealization is unreality of the outside world.

Chat tonight: Monday 10PM

All welcome

We are using a private chat room, so enter through one of the public chat rooms & change rooms, the room will be labelled DD Chat

Tuesday 8am site time

there will be another DD chat, which will be followed immediately by a new chat on

Grounding Techniques 9am site time

What Are Grounding Skills?

Grounding Skills are interventions that assist in keeping a person in the present. They help to reorient a person to reality and the immediate here-and-now. Grounding skills are useful in many ways. They are particularly helpful with symptoms of dissociation. They can help a person prevent dissociating. However, they can be used to help re-orient oneself when experiencing intense and overwhelming feelings and intense anxiety. They help to regain one's mental focus.

yeah, again this week

These chats are for all dissociative disorders

DID is the far end of the spectrum for dissociative disorders

all DID members are welcome, naturally, but don't think all these chats are specifically meant for multiples, they are not

that time of week again !!

DD chats at site time Monday 10pm & Tuesday 8am

Grounding Skills chat at Tuesday 9am site time

if you click on the chats tab, there is a time converter there

The general topic for the chats this week will be "why do you fear dissociation ?"

bump

we got cut off by our ISP coz we forgot to pay

just after the Monday 10pm site time chat started

we will be here for the Tuesday morning site times chat