I follow this girl on UTube who also has 5 alters. She has been really helping me as our situations are so much alike. I can relate to her more than any other DID people I have heard speak. She talked about this very feeling of disassociation she has also, like all DID people feel...
Dissociation: disconnection and lack of continuity between
thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and
identity.
But she has a way to reground herself. She has a "Sensory Box". And in the box are different items that touch all her senses: taste, smell, touch, feel, etc...What an awesome ideal.
So yesterday, my advocate and I went shopping. I bought a "Sensory Box" and have been filling it with stuff that excites my senses.
These are my items and why:
- altoid mints : they are very strong and shock my taste buds
-Sock in baggy: I sprayed the sock with my favorite mens cologne that excites my smell..
- squishy ball: to hold and manipulate in my hand
- scented sachet: a grapevine scented sachet, to release a aroma
and relax my head.
-Book of Shadows: to read, and remind myself to "Do no Harm", especially to myself and to journal- --Lip Gloss: to keep my lips moist (which also helps stimulate
sense of smell and taste, and causes my mouth to water.)
-Lotion: strong scented hand lotion
-Crystal rock: this rock has sharpish edges, so when I squeeze it, it
stimulates my sense of pain...gets my attention.
- Picture: I keep a picture to remind me of my love, and person I
love to look at, it stimulates my vision!
I am anxious to try these. Hopefully, when I start to feel floaty or that I am not quite in reality, or I feel angry, sad, whatever..I can manipulate the items in my box. By turning on my senses, this maybe will "shock" my head into coming back to reality.
I don't think it will stop an alter from fronting, if that is what they are wanting to do...but hopefully it will stop the "disassociation" or "far away" feelings and sensations I get...
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