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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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@Just

hi there

i was happy that you linked back to your ongoing post sharing your love of birds.

it kind of gave me a reason to ask whether being in nature and watching/listening to birds can actually give you a sense of that breeze and rudder that you wish for? The sound of bird song is very healing

"If only I had a rudder to steer me in the right direction and maybe a good Breeze to keep my head moving forward."

This might interest you...Smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment reveals mental health benefits of birdlife | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

...our investigation extends this existing literature by demonstrating that everyday experience of birdlife has beneficial effects not only in healthy individuals but also in people with a diagnosis of depression.

...the findings have implications for mental healthcare policy. In recent years social prescribing of nature-based activities, also known as “green prescribing”, has become increasingly popular to support individuals with mental illness including depression. Our investigation supports the notion that visits to habitats with a high degree of birdlife, such as parks and canals, may be encouraged as part of green prescribing efforts.

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@OM108 thanks yes green is best. Thanks for link. I don't really know how I linked bird thread in. But don't want to change in case.

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@Just

funny how the "answer" is often right there (even part of the question) but we dont see it until someone else reminds us....ok let's get green!

Eastern Osprey local to Sunshine Coast

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@OM108 whats the yellow triangle in a square box, in your last message.

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O it just changed to a Eastern Osprey

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@Just

Is that the answer to my question? i cant even see the yellow triangle....

Gonna have to think about what my question must be! Or do you have some insight?

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@OM108 don't know the Question

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@OM108 keep getting this...see attached

 

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@OM108 can hear the "butcher bird " singing outside. Love all the different notes. Always thought if you get to come back( reincarnation). It would be nice to be able to sing well!

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@destructive hope you get to read this and get a big smile on your face. I was hoping to chat...I feel so unsure of some stuff I've experienced lately. I have a teenage minder, who looks after at least one of my younger's. But I'm not completely sure if this is just playing out in my mind or if my Dr, knows her? I seem to want to escape the room I'm in when I dissociate. I'm not at home when this happens and it doesn't last for long. So luckily I can register my surroundings by the time I get out of the building. So I was thinking maybe I'm just dissociating and thinking of when I'm younger. What do you think? @destructive Don't worry if your not sure, you can just say not sure. Just thought if I don't ask I won't know. Thanks from @Just
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