When I notice I'm dissociating out of habit or boredom, and don't want to, I find it helps to feel sensations in my physical body as a way to stay in the present moment. Stimming or moving helps that, or deep breathing.
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This sensations could be anything. Heat or cold, the movement of a finger, discomfort, the feel of clothes against my skin, the sensation of my lungs expanding. Anything, so long as I don't judge it as good or bad, just notice. It's about staying in the moment, nothing else.
A few minutes of this noticing, and I find I'm not dissociating and am more amenable to doing something useful. It still takes a bit of effort to switch tracks, but it's now possible.
Have you found something that helps you not go into habitual dissociating when you don't want to?
To be clear, I'm not talking about times when you need it as a coping strategy to deal with the horrible reasons you started dissociating in the first place.
To be clear, I'm not talking about times when you need it as a coping strategy to deal with the horrible reasons you started dissociating in the first place.
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