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by jessicaz » Sun May 26, 2013 5:27 am
hi
i was surfing the internet searching about any coping mechanism to snap out of a really bad dissociative episode that i feel strangling me and i feel helpless
and i found this forum so i joined maybe i find the support whenever i feel so weak and vulnerable and offer so help when somone need it
the thing is i feel so bizzare and losing it right now
i can't focus and i feel impulsiive i am trying not to do something crazy ( as i have a long experience in this thing ) and after controlling a severely problematic road rage that i find it tempting right now to go drive recklessly for hours
i think i used to have a way to get out of this episode that i cant recall or its not working for me right now
so can anyone help please
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by Cheze2 » Mon May 27, 2013 1:04 am
Perhaps try some grounding techniques.
Pick a color. Look around the room and count everything that you can find of that color.
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Turn off all sounds that you can. Close your eyes and do some deep breathing. While breathing, count as many different sounds that you can hear around you.
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by jaus tail » Mon May 27, 2013 3:09 am
or think about your childhood..any particular incident that made you happy or very sad/angry. invest this impulsive energy which you have, in thinking about a particular happy moment
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or think about your childhood, you future(what you dream of)..focus on any happy moment or any incident that made you sad...let your impulsive energy drain in that thought. it will be tiring to think of the past and boring but it's a convenient method to drain your impulse
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by jamberrypie » Mon May 27, 2013 11:26 pm
Its more common for me to experience these dissociative episodes when I am at work vs when I am at home with my family. I find that if someone comes up to me and engages me in a real conversation where they are looking me in the eye and really seeing that I am there, that can often be enough to temporarily pull me out of my dissociative episode. The hard part is how to make that happen in my work environment. I might get up from my cubicle and walk to the break room and read the newspaper for a minute, and hope that someone will come in and strike up a conversation with me.
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