Do I have trauma or am I overreacting??
Sometimes it’s hard to know if you have trauma because you’ve become so accustomed to feeling and thinking in a certain way, and it’s hard to imagine that things could be different. You may know of certain events that were traumatic in your life and for those of you in this category you will know you are dealing with trauma. But for some of us, you may think that everything has been hunky-dory in your life yet not know why you feel anxious, panic, scared socially or frightened of intimacy or in relationships.
So, do I have trauma or am I overreacting?
10 Grounding Techniques for Dissociation
In this blog, I’ll be talking about how to use 10 grounding techniques for dissociation. Grounding techniques are tools that you can draw on to help stop yourself from dissociating or to bring yourself back into connection with your body if you’ve started to dissociate.
What is Dissociation in trauma?
Have you ever wondered what is dissociation in trauma? It’s a mechanism that happens during trauma, and it’s a symptom that happens after trauma. It happens during trauma in order to help you survive physical or psychological pain and overwhelm. It’s an automatic biological mechanism, that’s beyond your conscious control.