Welcome, Healing117, glad you found us. Sorry you're dissociating, too. My PTSD nightmares and flashbacks from childhood sexual abuse bother me, but not nearly as much as dissociating does. It kind of surrounds me with that fog you mention and isolates me in it, Folks out in the world get it when I tell them about my nightmares and flashbacks because movies how those well, but for folks to understand me when dissociating bothers me it helps to come here with people who get it. You're not alone.

dissociating is so hard. sitting with you and sending gentle hugs. here if you need to talk <3

Hello Heali. Welcome to DS. You have found a safe place to check in. There are quite allot of sexual abuse survivors here, myself included, and I'm pretty convinced that talking about ^it^ really does help.

Listening. . .

Welcome aboard.

Thank you everybody, for your support

Dissociating is my worst ptsd symptom, Healing117. Because of its obstacles to my connecting with others I lead a quite solitary life. That's why I'm so glad you and I and others here can connect about it.

Thanks. For me, I feel dissociation is the core of my problem. Whether it's depression, mania, anger, or just being flaky. They're all things that happen when I dissociate.

For me, too. It's weird, huh?

Hi healing.

To all children, wherever they might be, I say of those who have hurt you that they are wrong and I'm so sorry that you, healing, are within this type of head-on abuse of children. I pray the heavens open for you today. Please consider starting a DS journal and invite good friends to mingle with you, support you with loving care, and offer you new ideas to cope with this situation. It is possible to find peace within your mind and body, a place of spiritual power.

You deserve a hero's welcome for coming into this support network. I hope for you to feel comfortable and content to open up and share your feelings - this takes great courage!

Be brave today. If this helps you to know, children, regrettable to their abuse, often see the truth of that dark world and adults do not see so plainly. Most likely you tried to share with them your honest insights and you were hushed out of their shame and guilt. Dismiss their ignorance, and focus more on a greater dimension of the world as more sophisticated to your needs now. You are able now to find your own healthy insights as an adult.

I am so pleased that you are here at this support group. There are much wisdom and care in the words of others ahead of me. Your post is valued and you deserve the loving support found here in these strong replies.

My best to you today.

Thank you

For me it's dissociating or insomnia that underlies the other ptsd symptoms like anger, depression, and so forth. I have been fighting insomnia a lot during this pandemic lock down, too, Healing117.

Hi healing.
I wish my therapist was like that. All the therapist I ever had want me to talk about my past. They keep saying that they want me to have a voice. I dissociate and I don't like it.

Hi healing.
I wish my therapist was like that. All the therapist I ever had want me to talk about my past. They keep saying that they want me to have a voice. I dissociate and I don't like it

Healing, I too am bothered by disassociation. Sometimes it saves me from pain, but other times it comes on at the worst possible time. What scares me the most is when I go into disassociation for hours or a day and when I come out of it I have to figure out where I am and try to figure out how I got there and what I did in the time I lost. Those incidents scare me the most. Thankfully it only happens periodically. It takes time and a lot of therapy to be able to come to terms with abuse. Even then you can still be triggered. It’s always with you. Your not alone here.

Secouya, I agrees with sometimes it save me from pain. My former Therapist had taught me that it is a coping skills and I used it to protect myself. I think having dissociation, autism and PTSD I created a world of my own skills automatically