Stop dissociation after it started

[Earthcuddledragon]

Is it possible to stop dissociating once it starts?
Occasionally I'll be able to notice when it starts but that's when I'm upset and it would be unsafe to not let go, and then later like now I really need out but I don't know how? Other times I notice long time after it's set in and wonder why it won't go away.
The things I know for grounding are soothing things, they seem to work only for the emotions before this stuff though, before the emotions go extreme.. Idon't know how to "make" it stop other than sometime later it'll be this random "oh everything isn't foggy anymore, yay"
Right now I feel stuck in bed, whenever I do something it gets deemed "bad" or "makes u worse" so I'm stuck going sorry and I've fallen asleep at least twice since I got here I don't know when
Ijust want to do something that doesn't makeme go worse and farther away

 

[EveHarrington]

Yes and no.

For me it depends on why I'm dissociating.

If I'm feeling unsafe? All the grounding skills in the world won't bring me back. The only thing that brings me back is feeling safe.

For other causes, grounding skills work.

 

[shimmerz]

I found the hottest and sourest candies known to mankind and popped them into my mouth when I felt I was dissociating. That slammed me back into my body most times.

 

[Earthcuddledragon]

Ah, okay. I think I can really relate to the unsafe feeling causing it right now :/ I'm trying to help things work better by coloring since I can think clearly but it's restricted to when I am so it doesn't do much. Trying to help ease feeling unsafe but it doesn't really work well.
Maybe taste other than spicy would help, everything else hasn't, or hasn't lasted more than (almost) am hour.
If all else fails I have therapy Thursday, though that might not even help which would suck. I can't write down stuff to give to my therapist because I'll destroy it before I get there or not remember I have it because it gets stuck in a pocket or folded up in a way that makes me think it's trash

 

[Recovery4Me]

Consider taking an screen capture or camera shot of your paper list for your therapist with your phone. Even when I heavily disassociate, I still seem to know the location of my phone as it means safety to me.