The abusers faces

[Deleted member 46752]

lately I have been having random intrusive thoughts of my abusers and they are laughing at me. which generally causes extreme distress in my being. It's like they want me to lose control and squirm. Does anyone else know this feeling? It also effects my feelings of security greatly

 

[bumbles]

Yes! It's an awful feeling, but I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes it helps me to tell them "STOP" out loud, but most of the times when this happens I'm in public, and uh, that gets some weird looks.

 

[Deleted member 46752]

Yes! It's an awful feeling, but I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes it helps me to tell them "STOP"...

That is for the advice bumbles, are there any other ways you mitigate such occurrences

Meant to say *Thanks for the advice...lol

 

[bumbles]

My mind somehow read that correctly anyway! haha

Sometimes it also helps me to see an object (wall, apple.. anything) observe what it looks like, and try to imagine what it feels like. Then I feel it with my hands and focus on that and the sensations (smooth, cool to the touch..). That works for me personally, it might be a general grounding technique, but not one I've learned outside of my head yet

I wish you the best with this! :)