Anonymous #2 11w

try to be easy on yourself. dissociation is a defense mechanism in your brain trying to protect you. its kinda weird, but its ok, you’re safe. something that helped me was accepting it, because obsessing over fixing it can make u spiral and get deeper in it. just kinda trying to stay calm, and be like “ok this is just what my mind is doing to cope right now. how can I enjoy this version of reality that I’m experiencing.”

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Anonymous OP 11w

I try my best to. It’s just frustrating cause it happens regularly and completely involuntarily😪. Grounding exercises never seem to help me much once it reaches a certain point

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Anonymous #2 11w

I think instead of trying to ground if it’s not working, it can be better to just abandon trying to return to normal for the time being, and just be like “ok i’m in the weird dissociated zone, but it’s still ok”. yk? like reframing it not as something you need to escape, but as a protective barrier that is trying to help you, even if it feels strange. and just exist in that place

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Anonymous OP 11w

This works sometimes but it severely limits my ability to do my school work😭

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