Dissociation Makes Me Able To Stay Sane?

[Crayon]

Hey,

I was at my therapist yesterday and we discussed dissociation. The goal of the therapy for me for now is to stabilize. She told me that dissociation is something that we'll work on eventually, but for now I need it (she said that literally). She told me it's keeping me safe from painful experiences and that - for now - I should accept that.

 

[Nothing]

Thank you @shimmerz, I never thought of the video taping idea to look for a physical marker of "about to go". What a good idea!

@Crayon, I think everyone is different and our therapists/psychologists/psychiatrists are going to adapt what they think we need to each person as an individual. :hug:

 

[Crayon]

@Crayon, I think everyone is different and our therapists/psychologists/psychiatrists are going to adapt what they think we need to each person as an individual. :hug:

Of course! This was the advice my therapist gave to me for now. Everyone is different, experiences things differently and has different needs. My best advise is to go with what your therapist says. I just wanted to share my experience with this. I didn't see that advice coming in a million years :) :hug:

 

[Notsowild]

If you dissociated all your childhood to help you through all the abuse how do you get it out of your head? This is what I'm struggling with. It has never really gone away. I'm still doing it. It's still protecting me from all the horrors of my childhood. So I to believe it is keeping me sane.

I am the same way with my T. I can talk about my traumas with no emotion. They even mention it to me. I must be emotionally numb to it all. Don't they realize this? I couldn't be the only one like this?