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Dissociation at work!

🕑 Added 2020-04-24 09:40:56 +0000 UTC

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Lawrence Hawkins

I use humor as a coping mech...Apparently I have no filter and my friends will literally apologize to people we meet in advance for whatever I'm about to say. My mouth starts talking before my brain starts processing. HA! I'm broadcasting when I should be tuning in! I do much better when I have to type something out. It makes me have to think first. Love your ability to share. That says a lot about you in itself. That being said, I don't really stress over things, though. I don't suffer from stress, I'm a carrier.

Chi Lap Hon

Thanks for sharing these special thoughts and important feelings with me. I can now relate to your mixed feelings about these events. Your experience reminded me of my grandma dreams after she passed away. A few decades later, I am still feeling its impact on me.

Santa Sir Glenn Dr Heald

Sometimes I just sit and the world passes by, hours go, and eventually I can care again

William Blycker

Sometimes your mind just needs a break.

Scott Gilday

I write fiction, so that is in a way a coping mechanism I guess though I do it for fun. I escape to my own world that is different than this one.

Mark Doherty

Sadly I know where you are and believe me when I say that dealing with them the way you are is what you have to do.It's so hard to explain but you are not alone. Stay strong and keep moving forward one step, even a tiny step at a time. My coping mechanism is to sit outside with my plants my animals, the wind and sun and focus on something small like an ant. I let my mind forget the world, like you say it's not sad or happy it just is. Mine also goes away with sleep, but that's often hard to do during the day. Just so that you know, your idea that you could be slapped in the face and not "feel it" is somewhat true. You will feel it but you wont care and it wont hurt at that moment but unfortunately I hurt myself in one of these states and the injuries were long lasting. So please take care of yourself, keep talking to people, even the invisible people on the internet. I am not good at talking and it has taken it's toll on me. Thankfully I have someone that watches out for me. Remember, you're not alone and you have so many people that love you. Sorry if this is incoherent, take care feel better tomorrow. ((hugs))

Frederick Sawyer

Please don't ever feel like you are alone through all of this. Your willingness to confront all this head on will set you up with all the tools you will need in the future. The fact that you made this means you are doing the work. From the inside it may sometimes seem like starting over but just know that from the outside looking in you are taking huge strides forward. Dealing with the uncomfortable stuff is tough, you can't just walk in and say "we got 40 minutes, let's solve all my childhood trauma" but I am so glad you found someone you are comfortable enough with to go there. Trust is a hard thing to come by. And I hope you know there are a lot of people that truly care about the real you, not just the image of you but the real person that you are. Always here for you kiddo 🤗🤗🤗💗

Devin

I go on runs which helps. Or I will listen to music, watch/play something mindless, or if I really can't deal with it I hide myself in a blanket and fall asleep.

Tim Bend

Thanks for sharing. I understand well how sometimes we need coping mechanisms to deal with things. I have a serious anxiety disorder that pops up it's ugly head from time to time in ways that force me to cope. It may sound odd, but I am a tad envious of yours, as mine tend to involve having to physically do something. I've taken up bodhran so sometimes I just drum, other times I try play a video game, or something to distract, but the ability to not feel for a little period sounds so good, but for that I would need drugs that I avoid like the plague, and I already know that alcohol doesn't work. I'd have to drink myself into a zombie before the fear went . Anyway, yeah, you take care. Catch ya on the flip side of this. <3

Brian Ware

I have a hobby where I pick locks and I fight anxiety and panic attacks every day. I don’t know if this would be considered dissociation of a type, but if I start to get the jitters, heart going a million miles an hour, clammy palms, whatever, I’ll pick up a lock or several from my collection. When I start, I concentrate on what I feel in the lock. The movement of the pins, which ones are free to pick, which ones are stuck, all that. I put all my energy into my fingers and hands to just feel the mechanism and let my brain try and see the inside while I do it. I guess it’s a form of meditation for me, but that’s usually what I do. I also work on tactile puzzles and it’s the same thing. Look at the pieces and imagine how they move and what move to make before I actually do it physically. I always get strange looks when I mention lock picking as a hobby, but it’s like a puzzle itself that I can feel and “see” in my head while I do it to go inside the lock and get away from the outside world. I don’t know if this makes any sense, but yeah, that’s my coping mechanism.