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I put up my fall window clings, but not the Halloween ones yet. I found some cool crafts online through pintrest that I will probably make with my boys to add to our Halloween decorations.

I definitely have sessions where there is rapid switching and it leaves me exhausted. Sometimes a little part comes out just so we can sleep in session. My therapist is good a bringing me back. We have a sort of code that I respond to and come back to the present. When parts come out a lot...

I love this thread. I like Halloween, but this time of year is hard for me. One idea my therapist had to "take back fall" was to decorate. I usually keep decorating simple with window clings, but maybe I will try something from this thread.

Good reminder. And I like what you tell yourself.

I had to come off my anxiety med two weeks ago because of major swelling in my legs. We didn't immediately replace it. My med manager told me to keep a close watch on my symptoms and call if anything changed. Well, predictably my anxiety got worse to the point where I was beginning to have...

I was once mad at my T so I actually went through Psychology Today and contacted another therapist, but I couldn't go through with it. Eventually, I talked things out with my therapist. The way I look at it now that I've been through talking with her about these things, it's better to talk...

I have felt like my therapist only cares because she's getting paid to. I worry that she doesn't really care and will just leave me. The way I best handle it is by talking to her about it. It wasn't easy and the first time I really did was through a letter that I mailed to her because I...

@jameson , I had a panic attack while walking today because it was there were leaves changing color (fall is an anniversary time for me and is hard). I was able to use some reality checking, return home, and then distract myself. Have you tried reality checking a situation before? Took me a...

I can relate. That's how it used to be.

From my own experience, that's not true. It very much applies to grounding techniques because you are working on staying in the here and now and not in trauma time or flashback, which means resistance is likely to occur. I never thought any of these things were possible. Then, I practiced a...

I am suffering from an inner critic at the moment too. It's very shaming. I like DBT (though I hated it at first) and I find that challenging cognitive distortions helps to soften the critic's voice and thus it's power over me. It looks like you have gotten a lot of good advice on here...

You can be functional enough to live, but not enough to live happily or meaningfully. I think that's the benefit of hospitalization (in a focused setting) is that it helps with securing true functional living and though it may not provide happiness, it at least points you in the path towards...

I agree with this. I was so resistant to hospitalization because that wasn't for me. It was too scary and I didn't believe that I fell under the category of needing hospitalization, but since I got to a point that nothing was helping and I went to a hospital for help, I've changed my mind. I...

I changed the name of this technique to "comfort place" (since I don't believe in safe) and it helped me to find a place in my mind that is comforting. It took a lot of tries, but I can do it now. I wouldn't even be able to get anywhere with safe involved, but comfort I can do.

Have you ever practiced grounding techniques at neutral times? This helped me. I practiced grounding when I didn't need it and found that it helped me more when I did need them. I use a lot of looking for colors or even saying the alphabet backwards. There are so many grounding techniques...

I have dissociative identity disorder (DID) and there are times that I don't have memory of what happened in-between the "slides" so to speak. When it happens, it's scary. There's a spectrum of dissociation from daydreaming to DID. I can't work right now either as things have been such a mess...

Cathy is tasting a MacIntosh apple. JUYTIM

Today it sounded (windy) and felt (chilly) like fall. I did not do well. I hid as much as I could. I am also trying a new sleep routine which made me very tired (it's a long term goal so that was expected) so that didn't help. I did make a very small fall collage and I like some of the pictures.

@Justmehere , I am just reading all of this now. I hope everything continues to go well.

I like this idea since I currently hate the sight of the colorful leaves since it's an obvious reminder of fall. Maybe if I think of it in a new way, it will help. Thanks for your response. I like the idea of looking for opportunities rather than falling in the old cycle. The old cycle is...

I could definitely do those things. I think going to an apple orchard is definitely on the list of things to try. Maybe going to a different one that doesn't hold memories. Involving the kids is a great idea. Thanks.

I was in a serious car accident in the fall. I also have other traumas from fall time and have had several close people die during the fall. So even though it's not officially fall time yet, my therapist and I have begun to talk about ways that I can "take back fall"- meaning make it less...

Thank you for responding, @Mach123 . I think my relationship and interaction with my therapist sounds very much like what you are describing. It does feel, right now, like it has to be one or the other- the bad stuff happened or I am doing well but not both. Thanks.

In early July I went into the hospital for about two weeks. Since then I have been doing much better. I have been able to do things and have fun with my family. It's really been amazing. I am so afraid of this good stretch though that I had a melt down/freak out in my therapy session today...

Thanks for replying, @Applesunflower13 . I like the last sentence. That is such an important message for the kids.