Posted by judy1 on September 10, 2003, at 10:47:17
In reply to Re: Now about those dissociations......, posted by stebby on September 8, 2003, at 20:20:14
I guess since I use SI for different reasons then you- for me it's a way to come back from dissociation- I probably work on different skills. Number one is staying grounded (really difficult sometimes). Another thing I do when I feel a great deal of anxiety is retreat to a safe place in my mind but still be present- like I can converse with people even though I feel I'm in a room filled with pillows, etc. It's kind of a neat technique and works well for me so that I don't have to dissociate and therefore not SI. There's a site- llamapalace something- sorry? that has lots of info on SI and a chatroom where people share ways not to SI, like snapping rubberbands on your wrist and placing ice where you normally cut, things like that. I think you really have to want to stop first though.
take care, judy
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