|
Post by diane on May 23, 2020 14:44:45 GMT
Hi everyone I'm having a few of my dark days right now and it's caused me to look inwards. Do any of you know why you have this? My mom is a narcissistic/sociopath. Yes a nice little healthy mix of those. She has mentally abused me my whole life and I hadn't realised until I became an adult and started to see. I ended up being in a relationship quite similar where I lost all sense of myself and my worth. I'm trying to rebuild me, and because I get lost in my daydreams, when somebody hurts me or behaves different to I've daydreamed them, it really kicks me where it hurts. I said in my last post that my MD comforts me but I notice how anxious I feel when I think of trying to fix it. That's not right is it. So I know I need to do something to stop living in my comfortable world. A place that I create and that I am in control of. Because this depression afterwards is really unpleasant. I don't want to have to go through this anymore. I'm 36 this year. Living in daydream world, although fun and comforting at the time,is what causes me to crash so hard. Because things are never as I make them in my dreams. I know it all started from childhood psychological abuse and increases when I go through pain or upset. However as scary as it is, I need to stop now. Has anybody done this successfully? I would love some support please.
|
|
|
Post by katie on May 23, 2020 18:14:06 GMT
Hi diane read your first post just there now before replying. Its normal for us to crash with certain mental health issues around or daydreaming. Since this is circling around been a mental disorder but not yet fully known within any disorder we know what can trigger it have you gone though help with your childhood abuse maybe going back to things that I have gotten help with in the past can ease the pain you go though for a way for the daydreaming to become in more control. focusing on what you main tiggers and what can make the urges strong and seen if you can get help by professionals with them might ease off the daydreaming been the one taking over the control. For us mainly we start by seeing how bad our daydreaming is what we can do for certain mental pain with professional help and then the rest of the trigger be it urges because of boredom or stress we try and work on them a different way. I started by writing down all my triggers and also seeing what the characters mean to me in my inner world. i.e. one of my characters has a great relationship life but I have issues because of abuse in my past relationship so she gives me love and attention. You can look at it both ways what gives you urges and why is it so comforting within daydreaming. Yet my mind hates me to feel any emptiness and I know that not normal in reality so something I have to overcome. At times its overwhelming but just figure out what you need to do first to reduce certain triggers and ease them and then this is more in your control.
|
|