How to communicate safety to a shut down nervous system in chronic freeze?
Somatic experiencing is a form of alternative therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client's perceived body sensations (or somatic experiences). It was created by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine.
Thinking about my life before this and it feels like I was in a totally different universe.
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I’ve been living with 24/7 DPDR and freeze for 3 years. I don’t know how much longer I can do this.
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I feel like I’m drowning, I can’t get a breath of air. Physically, financially, mentally. I’m fed up.
A subreddit for freeze/collapse types with CPTSD
The obsessive thinking is going to make me stuck in this forever…
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I’m so frozen, I don’t know where to even begin.
Somatic experiencing is a form of alternative therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client's perceived body sensations (or somatic experiences). It was created by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine.
I have severe nervous system shutdown, and I’ve tried EMDR multiple times - it hasn’t worked.
A place to talk about anything related to EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy.
How can I help the fatigue? I just wasted my entire day sleeping
A subreddit for freeze/collapse types with CPTSD
I’m unable to feel fear at all anymore. Can’t panic, don’t feel agoraphobic, don’t feel anxious. Yet still stuck in dissociation
Somatic experiencing is a form of alternative therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client's perceived body sensations (or somatic experiences). It was created by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine.
Vivid dreaming nightly - not scary, just random. And very real.
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is rarely discussed in public forums, even though healthy connection to others is an integral part of healing. This is a peer support community for those who have undergone prolonged trauma and came out the other side alive and kicking, but with wounds that need tending. This is also a place for friends and family of the victims to come for support.
My three year journey - I’ve come so far, I’m not healed fully but looking back, wow - im proud of myself.
A subreddit for freeze/collapse types with CPTSD
I no longer think DPDR is anxiety - it’s triggered by trauma / anxiety and then it gets stuck, which causes a loop, in which the nervous system can’t get out of
Struggling with DPDR? Frequent forum use may exacerbate it so please check out our stickied Resource Guide before you post. ---------------------------------------------------------------Welcome! This community is meant for people affected by depersonalization and/or derealization, and is a safe place to talk about our struggles and discuss ways to make the burden of dissociation easier. Please make sure to read the subreddit rules before posting.
