Disassociation, lost hours.

Hi, I’ve just discovered this site and have read a few discussions and I am amazed and encouraged by how supportive and open everyone is here.

I am working through complex PTSD with a Psychiatrist and also a Psychologist using CBD, also Exposure Therapy and now I have started on EMDR.

We have taken a little while to get to the EMDR as I disassociate quite badly. During my sessions I will walk out of the clinic, I have no recollection of these lapses, I just ‘awaken’ and I am somewhere else.

This happens to me during the day, I lose a lot of hours, it is quite frightening.

Sometimes I can hear the disassociation coming like a rushing or wind blowing hard through the trees, but, a lot of the time I don’t feel it come. I often awaken in very unsafe situations.

This has made it very difficult during my treatment, as I literally just take off.

is there anyone who experiences this, and how do they cope or reduce the incidence of it happening?

Thanks.