What Do You Do For Disassociation?

[Cindy532]

I'm wondering how the rest of you get out of or deal with disassocation. I've been in this fog for days and days, where I just feel like I am outside of my body, or my body is here and I'm not. I have no idea where I am. I'll be relieving my past and i'll have to switch my brain to get back in the present and my brain hurts. But even when I'm in the present and i'm not rehashing past crap, my brain doesn't seem to be anchored in the present. I just feel like i'm floating along somewhere else. Help! What do I do? I don't know how long this is going to last. I'm not even in my own life. I'm just going through the motions and it sucks. PTSD sucks. I cannot even blame it on meds because I weaned off all of them. I was reading up on grounding techniques, but I'm not so sure turning on loud music, or sucking on a lemon is going to help me get of this funk because it seems never ending.

 

[Lionheart]

Cindy,

Focusing on what you see, hear, smell, etc and naming these off to yourself can help ground you when you feel like you are not fully present. PTSD does suck and processing the trauma is a big pain in the arse!!! I used to go completely out of body when I felt like you described and I hated it, but it didn't last forever. I also used to get some pretty bad headaches when processing the trauma, so it makes sense that your brain hurts sometimes.

Remember that what you are doing *(healing from trauma) is not an easy thing to do. It won't last forever and you will be amazed at how much better you feel once the worst of it is over. Please know that you are not alone and that if others can heal from trauma so can you!!! Be especially kind to yourself and treat yourself to special things during this time.