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Posted by Looney Tunes on July 14, 2008, at 19:45:43
Any thoughts on this?
I ran into a p-doc who kept saying something to the effect of "if that is what you are experiencing" when I talked about problems with dissociating.
I felt that p-doc was denying my experience, which I can tell you is VERY real.
I was not talking about repressing memories and I have substantial collaboration for all events in my life, and my dissociation is quite noticable at times....so it was SO invalidating.
I think I moved to a place with untrained p-docs and Ts. :(
Posted by Dinah on July 14, 2008, at 23:21:02
In reply to Ever had a T or p-doc NOT believe in dissociation?, posted by Looney Tunes on July 14, 2008, at 19:45:43
I think I may need to have heard that in context.
My therapist says something similar at times. I find my experience of various things doesn't fit too well with the recorded experiences of anyone else as far as I can tell. He says that my experiences are what they are. He means it in an extremely validating way.
But context is everything.
That being said, I never tell my pdoc anything about dissociation. I don't think there are medications developed for it, so I don't figure it's any of his business. We're not all that close... Actually, he scares me.
Posted by Phillipa on July 15, 2008, at 0:18:22
In reply to Re: Ever had a T or p-doc NOT believe in dissociat, posted by Dinah on July 14, 2008, at 23:21:02
I guess mine is daydreaming as you are somewhere else in your mind and how did I get there so fast. Not paying attention. Phillipa
Posted by llurpsienoodle on July 15, 2008, at 16:35:35
In reply to Ever had a T or p-doc NOT believe in dissociation?, posted by Looney Tunes on July 14, 2008, at 19:45:43
I didn't quite have to explain to them about it, I just showed them: here-- allow me to bring up a traumatic topic. here-- watch me go bye bye.
T characterized the first few mos of working with me once as me being very "spaced out". Commenting how I seem to be more present lately.
A lot of it has to do with safety. Almost like there's a bell curve, on one side I don't feel safe enough to allow myself to go anywhere. In the middle I am scared, but somewhat trusting that nothing bad will happen to me- then I go off to lala land. then there's the other end of the bell curve, in which I feel so safe in the situation that I can be present.
It's a constant slide.
-Ll
Posted by Looney Tunes on July 15, 2008, at 21:55:03
In reply to Re: Ever had a T or p-doc NOT believe in dissociation? » Looney Tunes, posted by llurpsienoodle on July 15, 2008, at 16:35:35
> I didn't quite have to explain to them about it, I just showed them: here-- allow me to bring up a traumatic topic. here-- watch me go bye bye.
>
Please, let me LOL. EXACTLY!My p-doc is a bit confused. Thinks meds will make "that, whatever it is" stop. ...makes me wonder where I am finding these "experts."
Posted by obsidian on July 15, 2008, at 23:15:34
In reply to Re: Ever had a T or p-doc NOT believe in dissociation? » Looney Tunes, posted by llurpsienoodle on July 15, 2008, at 16:35:35
I can be like that too,
in that I shut down, but I don't know why
I usually don't have to space out, but sometimes I do
Somedays I have to do more spacing out than other days
Sometimes I just have to go stare somewhere
I remember a time in therapy where I was so spaced out....like absolutely gone
staring at a plastic bead like across the table in front of meI really remember feeling like you describe a lot when I was younger, but I didn't really know what was going on with me then
I just knew I was one side to the other, I guess "sliding" back and forth from being terrified to cautious to comfortable though sometimes numb, just over and over
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