Disoriented After Therapy Session

[amy4k]

I don't know if this should go here or in therapy. I am DID in addition to my PTSD. Today in my session one of my teenage parts came out for most of the session. Which I am sure my T loved as she has been wanting to talk with her for awhile. My T did take the time to make sure I was back before I left.

I have now been home for more than two hours and have been trying to ground myself and make myself present but I am still feeling extremely disoriented and shaky. What are some ways that others cope after difficult therapy sessions? Or after a switch with another part and the other part doesn't totally want to go back in?

 

[Hope4Now]

Loud music...smelling lavender...snapping rubber band on wrist...sipping very cold water...holding ice cubes...doing yoga stretches...singing...drumming on drum or on thighs...washing dishes...folding laundry...jumping...

I try them all to see what works with what parts. Sometimes I just have to wait it out.

Today after my therapy I sat on the bathroom floor in the building (private bathroom) for 80 minutes before I felt okay enough to get to my car and drive home. It was very strange.

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

Sometimes I eat a peppermint Lifesaver to bring me back. I associate those with a friend who helped me through some periods of anxiety and would often offer me peppermints. Now I carry them with me and with one part in particular it helps make the switch back to myself more complete. Most of the time I just wait things out though because I am very new to it all and haven't found what works.

In my session today I did not want a part to come out and so I tried drinking water. I have figured out that this part often feels hot and so I started to feel hot and drank water. I don't know if that will work in the future and that is different than making a part go back in once the part is already out.