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Dissociation

Dissociation

To everyone that has taken time to read, support and reply to my first post I appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart.

I have read each reply and thought I would explain my situation a little more, I can't really go into depth with it because my trauma stems from when I was a child right up until adulthood and it would take me hours and hours to type.

I honestly don't know where to start, but I have educated myself over the few years about mental health which unfortunately a lot of people don't do. When I got diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder it honestly shattered my heart because I have to live with this for the rest of my life. I always tell myself and people around me that everything happens for a reason and sometimes the reason is the most horrible reason, but it still happens and there is nothing that you can do to change that. I have been researching more and more about dissociation and derealisation and seem to not get far, I feel this all day everyday, its draining, embarrassing and just life sucking. If anyone else feels like this please let me know, I would like to see how people deal when feeling this way, and how it affects you. When I tell people what it feels like is, It's like one side of my brain knows what I'm doing, where I am, and that I am alive and okay. And the other side of my brain is scared, doesn't know where I am, doesn't know what I'm doing, feeling like I'm not real, that nothing is real and to get back home because I start to hyperventilate.

I can say though that I haven't gone back to step one, when I was first going through this I could not calm myself down and it got to the point where the ambulance were called twice in one week. That was around 3/4 years ago now. I know my breathing tactics and grounding, and while I'm out if I get that anxious I know I need to stay there and breathe through it so I don't get scared to go back to that place in the future. A big thing as well that I struggle with even when with friends, partner or my family members is places like the supermarket, bunnings, Kmart or big places because I feel like I'm stuck and I cannot move and go into that panic, I'm just wondering if anyone has any answers to why I feel like that. I have also tried to get as much medical help as I can and I am finally getting people to listen to me and my trauma and my story after a lifetime of being pushed to the side. I am highly medicated and have been since I was a teenager, I have been on all sorts of medications. These medications that I'm on now seem to work but I do shake a lot in my hands and legs when I lay down and the side affects of them all cause drowsiness.

If anyone has anymore questions feel free to ask

Thankyou again for anyone whom reads this

Dont forget that you are loved ❤️

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I guess sometimes, there's a level of 'push' and discomfort we all need in order to take steps forward. However, this doesn't mean we set unachievable goals. It's important our goals are bite sized and achievable.

And yes, stay kind to yourself @Just !

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@tyme thanks, will try to take small steps. Just feel I'm sinking faster and small steps just won't get me to the top in time. But I'm in a better space "now" .

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@destructive How are you? Sorry got a bit self-centred the last few days. Snapped out of it, today. I hope your journey is giving you some sunshine every day. ? Yes I did like what you wrote about" the mind is amazing," especially when it can save/ protect you without you having to ask. The last bit wasn't quite what you said. I put my own take on it! 😁 It has made a positive impact on me. So thanks again. And please feel free to chat, support goes both ways in my book.

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@tyme working on the small steps. Got a fair bit sorted today. Started small, then it seems to go on a easy roll. So low and behold "my small step". Turned into a breakthrough. Might just link in @distructive too. As she has helped as well in this. Sunny day.

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@OM108 Thank you for taking a stand for yourself. Thank you for choosing “You”. Thank you for your courage and bravery. Quoted from The unshaming project. Thanks 0m108. It's had me sad, happy,angry, questioning etc etc but mostly under it alllll. growing....,

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@destructive the link in didn't work before. Don't know how to take you to other thing I wrote above in Re:Dissociation. How are you? ❤️ Thanks for all your help. @emu12345 @

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Glad to hear you got a bit sorted today @Just . Takes effort. Any plans for the week?

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Hi @Just sorry for slow reply. Not super connected tonight so will write more back when I can. Glad today was a little better

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How are you going @Just ? Just sitting in the car waiting to go into therapy and remembered I needed to come back to your post but still having trouble with thinking clearly so just thought I'd say hi and hope you're well.

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@destructive @emu12345 @OM108 @BaggyJeans Don't know what to say. Up and down a bit. Hope destructive you feel some sense of positivity after your session. I'm still unsure. Seem to loose the plot! If only I had a rudder to steer me in the right direction and maybe a good Breeze to keep my head moving forward. From @just Any bird watchers out there? Flying birds not.,... Ok

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