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05-07-2019 08:59 PM
05-07-2019 08:59 PM
Re: My special place
I've still got alot of bad thoughts running through my head @outlander
I emailed my psych and got some of it out. That helped a bit.
I just need to try and get through the nights and days as safe as I can until this thinking lifts. It has been a struggle today to stay safe. I have dissociated a few times today too which didn't pan out well. PRN helped.
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05-07-2019 09:03 PM
05-07-2019 09:03 PM
Re: My special place
dissociation makes it even harder to manage since we done always know what we are doing in that mode. are you able to recognise when your starting to dissociate and does anything help to bring you back to reality abit?
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05-07-2019 09:22 PM
05-07-2019 09:22 PM
Re: My special place
I cant recognise when I am about to dissociate @outlander By that time my emotions are in full force and I struggle to do anything to bring them down. Most of the time I am not safe when I dissociate. It is a struggle. I try things that I have learnt in DBT, sometimes they help, sometimes not.
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05-07-2019 09:29 PM
05-07-2019 09:29 PM
Re: My special place
its hard when unexpected events cause it though such as being triggerred.
maybe your pdoc or psych could help you learn to recognise some of your signs?
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05-07-2019 09:35 PM
05-07-2019 09:35 PM
Re: My special place
I am hoping DBT will help @outlander with the tools I am learning in that. I just have to try and keep going. However I am worried about the path I am heading down again. It is very dark and lonely.
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05-07-2019 09:36 PM
05-07-2019 09:36 PM
Re: My special place
Hi @Snowie
I'm sorry to read you're struggling. It sounds like you're really trying to stay safe but your emotions and mind can feel like the enemy. But your disassociation is sometimes a way to protect your mind from the really distressing things you might be experiencing.
I hope you are taking care of yourself, whereever you are.
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05-07-2019 09:39 PM
05-07-2019 09:39 PM
Re: My special place
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05-07-2019 09:43 PM
05-07-2019 09:43 PM
Re: My special place
Thanks @thecolourblue I know it is my way of protecting myself from my traumas. I just have unhealthy behaviours when I dissociate.
@outlanderI'm sorry to put this onto you. I struggle to talk to H about it, I don't want him to worry. I am trying not to do what I did last night again.
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05-07-2019 09:52 PM
05-07-2019 09:52 PM
Re: My special place
Do you want to keep talking about how to cope or would something else be more helpful?
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05-07-2019 09:54 PM
05-07-2019 09:54 PM
Re: My special place
I'm sorry to read when you disassociate behaviours also end up being distressing for you @Snowie
@outlander you are right that there are supports out there. Take care of yourself too.