Is this a long flashback? A part? Kind of freaked out

[TruthSeeker]

What do you do with it?

Some people like me use peppermint candy to ground and distract- the lifesavers white mints- great for grounding!

 

[Gs172003]

Some people like me use peppermint candy to ground and distract- the lifesavers white mints- great for grounding!

I do that too. Or cinnamon. Or cough drops. But my all time favorite is lemon.

 

[Sideways]

I’m late to the party here but I totally had this same experience when one of my traumatised parts was becoming self aware. She was struggling a lot with the whole thing (hard enough to understand as an adult, let alone when the part is a kid).

There were days I’d wander round and see something that had my city’s name on it, like a bus going by. And it was like wtf!? And I’d be looking at street signs and they seemed to have all the wrong names on them, and I’d freak out about how the hell do I get home when the streetnames are all wrong!

It was a part that was throwing me a tonne of flashbacks at the time, and we were just learning coconsciousness and all that.

Lots of inner dialogue, grounding activities, soothing activities for the little one, and plain old time to adjust.

 

[Cypress]

I’d freak out about how the hell do I get home when the streetnames are all wrong!

This is exactly how I felt! Its gotten better but sometimes I still get that strange feeling when something triggers me. Like you I realized it was part of a re-connection with a younger part.

 

[Sideways]

Freaky shite that I guess doesn’t make a whole lotta sense if you never experience parts. Living in one place, believing you’re in another place, somehow knowing where you are but at the same time simultaneously believing you’re somewhere else. Total mind fk.

My pdoc reassures me that DID is actually a remarkable coping strategy that a child’s brain develops. Remarkable is one way to describe it. Really friggin weird is another way!!!