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Post by Casey on Dec 5, 2013 13:08:59 GMT
I've been dissociating a lot more than usual lately. I can literally lose hours, miss classes or MiLO hangouts. I don't have a clue what's causing this, but with my OCD and my personal need for control, it's driving me mad...(excuse the expression). When talking to my counsellor, she said it was part of my Borderline Personality Disorder. So do any other Borderline's experience this too? Or anyone with other disorders than DID? Would be great to know I'm not alone in this, and see how you all cope!
Casey xx
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Post by ldavis2100 on Dec 5, 2013 21:46:58 GMT
Yes I do. I have lost a lot of time before. My friend does NLP and taught me quite a good technique if you feel yourself 'slipping/drifting'. 1. Keep focussing on whatever you're focussing on, but start noticing what else is in your view. To the far right and the far left, to stay aware of where you are. This sometimes works but sometimes I'm too far in to even be able to do that. I now have to set a timer on my phone with the app 'interval timer' I'm sure you can find any sort of alarm. It snaps me out and I set it every 20mins/half hour. The only other thing you can do, if it happens when you're mostly alone is to keep talking to people via phone or messaging but keep it constant. Or keep yourself engaged, as i know you like your drawing. Hope some of this helps xxx Let me know if anything else comes up.
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Post by ellief on Dec 5, 2013 22:45:01 GMT
Yep I do. Haven't found anything that snaps me out of it yet though, I still talk to people or do things apparently, according to those around me. But I suddenly realise where I am or that I'm hurt or that I have no idea what time or day it is or that I can't remember much. It does happen with BPD and it's very hard when control is a big issue. It is for me too.
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Post by Casey on Dec 6, 2013 14:32:24 GMT
I like the interval timer idea, I might have to try that. Do you set it all day or just when you feel yourself slipping out?
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Post by ldavis2100 on Dec 6, 2013 21:09:45 GMT
Glad you like, I have found it very helpful. As I don't know always when it's coming. I do it As soon as I know in gonna be on my own for a little while I will set it when I've just left whoever I was with or wherever I was so it's ready if I do happen to zone out.
I got the idea when I was 5 hours late for work and didt realise until my doorbell went from the postman and it snapped me out. Hope this helps x
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 21:11:15 GMT
Frequently. Usually under stress or anxiety. I have never lost time but can suffer severe depersonalisation and derealization. For a month in my pregnancy I believed the world wasn't real, that people weren't real and I was going to disappear from the fake world at any time, it was a very frightening experience and was the main instigator for my assessment and diagnosis. I try to focus on my environment or what I'm doing before it gets to that point, deep breathing, etc.
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