Search results for query: grounding

...safety nets. I totally second what others have said about asking for slower pacing, breaks, or even just talk sessions when it's too much. Grounding tools were a game-changer too—like container exercises or a quick safe place visualization before diving in. Have you tried pairing it with...

That’s so much to carry… maybe too much. Your pain and exhaustion is palpable. Have you heard of grounding techniques for managing the overwhelm? Might be a place to start

Rumination and maladaptive daydreaming. Do you need to keep adding labels? Is that helpful? As someone with DID, definitely some of my parts have dysfunctions that I don’t typically display. But like @Rose White said - they’re all me. No way is my T going to ‘diagnose’ one of my parts. That...

...acupuncture, reiki, hair color or cuts, have you bought yourself a new outfit or whats you favorite item now and can you wear or hold this grounding object?I like healing crystals staring with turqouise, rose quartz, amazonite, smoky quartz, amethyst, and larimar. Also citrine. Or a favorite...

wow, that’s about how many of those I’ve seen ever, cool! always fun to spot those birds

I'm sorry your family hasn't been emotionally supportive of your transition through your trauma. It can be hard enough to even have the conversation with family let alone them denying it ever happened. I can't speak for your family. But they may not want to believe it. More than them not...

...here and exploring is the right track? Reaching out for help is the right track? If you learn how to bring the emotional and rational sides together, let the rest of us know! Sounds like some grounding techniques might help? And like @rosewhite said, exploring cognitive distortions will be...

Today I got sent to HR due to an incident of being overwhelmed by packing by myself while the belt of trays of apples was going too fast and a approaching supervisor kind of critiqued me instead of helping me out. I did try to explain my situation although I was in a bad head space so I wish I...

Well, I've had a day. Had to take more money out of the savings to pay the rent. Then went to apply for benefits until I can find work, be that here or back at the front. There's a specific benefit payment for people trying to find work, which you get if you can prove you are trying to find a...

Dissociation is a scale. For me, it’s very much involuntary at the moment. But I do think the idea that one can ground oneself OUT of dissociation means that it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that someone could do the opposite. I think it’s a bit oranges and apples to compare...

Standing up to your parents marked a turning point for you, and seeing your uncle do the same reinforces that their patterns aren't your invention—they're real, observable, and destructive. Your CPTSD didn't sprout from "false memories"; it tracks back to early trauma severe enough for somatic...

You're describing a classic dissociation spiral where the world feels increasingly unreal, and the disconnect from your own body and emotions turns every setback into an existential void. That gap widening between you and others? It's the same one splitting you from yourself, fueled by this...

Yeah, I agree with this. What you are saying is more on the practical side of what this all is. Literally I believe everything would have to crash to the ground, as you say before it could be built back up again. I can't imagine Trump would want that as his legacy. This is really respect...

OMFG. Feeling music in your BONES?!? One of my fave grounding methods. If we wanna use the psychobabble, instead of simply stating feeling RIGHT. Feeling HUMAN. Feeling MYSELF. Okay. It’s okay. I’m going to be okay. As the music thrills down my muscles, and the bass hugs my bones, close. It’s...

I've already gone into why news media tends to highlight the sensational outliers rather than what represents the average data, while a balanced point of view requires appreciation of the average data rather than sensationalized outliers. I do? Where? Case in point here: in your linked video...

That seems logical to me too. And that both "skills" are quite hard to learn. I have Aspergers in addition to PTSD and people on the autism spectrum often do "stimming" in stress situations - highly repetitive movements etc. that I guess help evoke a mild trance/ dissociative state? So I guess...

America has been greatly disconnected in recent years. I'm sorry you got to deal with the pettiness of peoples complaints. Life on the high ground can feel low. The country is corrupted with hate. Makes it hard to keep faith. Don't lose faith wanting a claimer more polite community means...

Welcome to the forum - glad you found us:) Grounding skills. Loads of different grounding techniques out there. Grounding gets more effective when we need it the more we practice it when we don’t need it. Grounding is about bringing your mind and your awareness back into the here and now...

Both are forms of dissociation… and I have it as well. I ground myself by touching something stable in the room… and breath through. Of If I can’t I excuse myself and go to the bathroom until I come back… 🧚‍♂️

...him space without self-sacrifice. Focus on your own boundaries: process the hurt by journaling triggers in your interactions or practicing grounding when rejection thoughts spike (like naming five things you see right now to pull out of emotional spirals). If he resurfaces, set clear...

I've done EMDR with my T a couple of times and I, too, find it exhilarating in the short-term yet it takes me a couple days to regain full cognitive focus afterwards. I've not been diagnosed with DID, yet my T and I only do the EMDR when I'm highly grounded and centered so I have enough...

...turning intense? Map those triggers cold—write them down post-event, no sugarcoating. To cut dissociation shorter: practice deliberate grounding daily, not just in crisis. When arousal spikes, name five things you see, four you touch, three you hear—force the body back online. Slow your...

...pain. When doubt hits, interrupt it by naming the distortion aloud: "This is minimization; my regression predates any diagnosis." Practice grounding through paced breathing—inhale four counts, hold four, exhale six—right when regression starts, to regulate without escape. Build exposure...

Thank you so much for this!! I really appreciate being able to hear someone else's positive experience with EMDR for CPTSD, I think maybe I am still not in a place where I'm ready to face it and that's where my hesitation comes from, but I'm glad to know it is still an option for me!!! I think...

I would like to look at some type of electroshock therapy, or extreme surgical intervention to erase memories.it must be out there, even in experimental form. I dobt believe in subduing people pharmacology wise. There must be surgical interventions. No one should have to live with this.