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That’s the nature of defense mechanisms.Is it normal to not want to leave the altered state you're in?
Thankfully, she does know that I'm having this happen. We know a few things in particular that trigger me. She isn't ready to give me her opinion on what's happening. Mainly, she is sticking to trying to teach me healthy coping skills.It's not easy to talk about things that upset us and it's quite common what's happening to you. Can you talk to your therapist about it? That you feel like your dissociating.
That's kind of what I figured. I know she has mentioned something along those lines also. I just haven't told her that there are times when I just don't want to leave the comfort of that state.That’s the nature of defense mechanisms.
Do you experience this in other situations that aren't so directly connected to working on your trauma? (Like, if the checker at the grocery store is trying to chat with you and you don't want to, you let yourself dissociate? Or some similar situation.)Especially while talking to my therapist, I don't want to leave it because it gets me away from her and her questions to somewhere safe.
I've only noticed it with my therapist and when I'm around my dad/in my parents home. When I'm there, there are a lot of bad/triggering memories of loss that I find difficult to handle. (This seems to happen only in response to my trauma as far as I can tell)Do you experience this in other situations that aren't so directly connected to working on your trauma?
I've only really experienced this in relation to my trauma, at least at this point in my life. I've been thinking about things and I've realized that I'd been doing this for years, just not to this degree.(Like, if the checker at the grocery store is trying to chat with you and you don't want to, you let yourself dissociate? Or some similar situation.)