Difficulty Moving And Speaking?

[shimmerz]

Amazing that her parents had the nerve to stand up to her publicly.

What's really amazing is that people actually believe them and buy into their foundation.

 

[BuckarooBanzai]

What's really amazing is that people actually believe them

Isn't that the truth!

 

[7Cs]

What's really amazing is that people actually believe them and buy into their foundation.

<3
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
<3

 

[pixel]

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

:woot: a thousand 'likes'!

 

[7Cs]

So this weeks therapy dissociation was complete disconnection from my emotions along with derealization. We hit on an overwhelmingly emotional topic and suddenly all I could do was smile and laugh. To make matters worse my brain slows down, it's hard to understand the meaning of peoples sentences and I feel slow and stupid responding.

My dissociation is becoming worse the harder therapy gets. I was in chat yesterday and I guess that's pretty normal.

 

[oasis2003]

When I get overwhelmed in therapy I simply cannot talk I try but it does not work . Yes dissociate

 

[BlueOrange]

My dissociation is becoming worse the harder therapy gets. I was in chat yesterday and I guess that's pretty normal.

Mine gets a LOT more painful, but I'm not sure that it's worse. I don't get dissociative amnesia anymore. It feels worse in the short term, but the subtle ways that it used to mess up my life have reduced dramatically.

 

[Hanala]

I posted the other day about being "stuck in my head" meaning unable or difficulty moving or speaking. Some...

I'm sorry you're going through this. And it is totally valid. It happens all the time to me too (in varying ways). Sometimes it's just that i disappear into my mind or other times it's like I leave my body and physically can't speak even if I wanted to. I've done it since the (and during) the trauma and it's just a thing I'm working on.

I try to go somewhere else (physically) before it hits because people tend to get freaked out when I go into full 'robot-mode.' If unavoidable, I just hope nobody touches me because it is likely for me to totally freak out if someone touches me while I'm disengaged from my body. I avoid dissociating in public if possible but sometimes it's unavoidable.

Try to be gentle with yourself while you work on this. And if possible, find someone who can 'block' for you if you depersonalize in public. Wishing you safety and peace <3

 

[Larry123]

I posted the other day about being "stuck in my head" meaning unable or difficulty moving or speaking. Some...

Similar symptoms ... That's what I want to know

 

[Larry123]

When your body isn't cooperating - feels strange - that's depersonalization. When everything aro...

That's good to hear!! How long did it take?? What did you do to get better?? I've lost 35 yrs of my life and I need to get this sorted asap it's hard work

 

[BuckarooBanzai]

What did you do to get better??

I worked hard for several years with a highly qualified therapist who had successfully worked with other people in my situation. He knew what to do. We did great work together.

I was also highly proactive regarding my treatment. I read all the professional literature I could get my hands on. I worked hard on internal communication, developed positive relationships with my alters, learned to parent myself, developed strong independent coping skills...It was a bit of hard work, but well worth the effort.

 

[Lissar]

This has been happening to me since a trauma 6 months ago. Dx with C-PTSD prior to that trauma, and now PTSD too. The dissociative stuff hasn't offically been diagnosed.
But reading this thread has been comforting.. at least I'm not the only one experiencing the being frozen, and locked inside a body that won't cooperate.