The Problem In A Nutshell

[lostforgottensoul]

So I remove anything sitting on my neck

So do I! I cant wear anything around my neck and tried to wear a necklace that my ex gave me and after having back to back flashbacks and freaking toally out, my ex made me take it off, and this was well before it was unsupressed.

Its hard to bridge that gap and I dont rush that and neither does my therapist! It will heal it its own time and for now, nothing around my neck including turtlenecks, nothing on my wrist including watches, and i have never been arrested but fear of my response if i were. Only reason to be is if im caught trying suicide. I dont do anything illegal at all now that im a clean addict.

 

[Stickler]

...mmhmm...my terrified body is adrenaline overclocking and all that "fun" shit...meanwhile there's usually an alter or two as well as myself sitting back saying " Really? Really? Not THIS shit again... For f*ck's sake nobody's trying to kill me in the snack food section..." :rolleyes:

I think HAVING to make that split may be a function of being put in inescapable pain or overwhelming distress and not being able to escape it? Maybe? My guess.
Splitting deliberately in that way, observing one's emotion? This is taught as a DBT technique. It's really a deliberate slight dissociation? Feeling but with an overlayer of awareness of transcendence.