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Default Feb 11, 2019 at 11:39 AM
 
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Originally Posted by seeker33 View Post
I'm very sorry about what happened to you! :-(
This sounds like depersonalisation /derealisation. It happens to me, too.
What I find most helpful is reconnecting with my senses. Mainly exercise, walk in nature, yoga, touching things and feeling the material, texture, temperature... You can use your smell and touch.
When this doesn't work I simply accept dissociation is just a protective mechanism of my brain and it will go away eventually. I remind myself it's just a symptom of trauma and nothing bad will happen to me, I'm safe and capable of functioning even when I don't feel like it. Usually just thinking and accepting this makes me feel better.
Thank you Seeker. Do you know of a good resource to read about depersonalization/derealisation? I think it might feel less disturbing if I understood what's happening. It's certainly not constant (I don't know if it's constant for anyone) but it comes and goes and I do not like it.

Your strategies sound like good ones. I will try those. Thanks again and peace to you
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Thanks for this!
seeker33