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Hi Mamato,
The way I understand it, the thread Development of CPTSD in Adulthood was formed later. People post in the Childhood thread as well. I'm no expert, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't imagine there's a difference between dissociation after adult onset CPTSD or after childhood onset. So you may well find useful posts in childhood onset. You're certainly free to read and post where you like (so long as you follow the guidelines of course).

"out of body" - either disocciation or depersonalisation.

It's good that you can re-ground.  Even if it's hard work. I wish you all the best in general and especially now if you're in a terrifying spot. I hope somebody posts soon who can help you better.

There might be more information under Resources as well, unless you've looked already.

It used to last whole days. Today was actually the first time I was able to bring myself back! I am kind of proud of that.

Thank you for this post. I developed CPTSD after an emotionally and physically abusive marriage to an NPD man. We are now co-parenting our 14 year old son. Every conflict is a trigger and everything is a conflict. It's exhausting.

[I had to name three things I could see, three things I could touch (and focus on the tactile experience, like soft, smooth, bumpy, rough whatever), three things I could hear, you could do this with smell and taste as well if your in a place where that works. But those three seem to be enough.]

One thing a therapist taught me I found helpful was focusing on the physical senses.

I had to name three things I could see, three things I could touch (and focus on the tactile experience, like soft, smooth, bumpy, rough whatever), three things I could hear, you could do this with smell and taste as well if your in a place where that works. But those three seem to be enough.

Also, focus on your body, like the feeling of your body against the surface supporting it, or feet on the ground, etc. A lot of times with trauma and dissociation parts of our body are numb so that was weird to figure out but interesting.

I also found yoga really helps me get in my body because they teach you to go inward and experience physical sensations. If a yoga movement class feels like too much there is this super neat thing called Yoga Nidra that is a body sensing practice where you are just focusing on different parts of your body and what they feel like. The "iRest program for PTSD" by Richard Miller really helped/helps me and you can download the practices and all you have to do is sit/lay there while he talks. It was made specifically for PTSD and has tons of research behind it too.

You could also look up meditations on youtube for "progressive muscle relaxation" which is similar and free!

Thanks for reminding me what I need to do myself, I was asking myself the same question earlier! (seriously)

This is exactly what I did today when I started experiencing a panic attack today w/ disassociation. It really did work, though I was completely exhausted after.

I was diagnosed with C-PTSD 14 years ago after a divorce from a physically and emotionally abusive NPD husband. Some days I have experiences where I feel like I'm "out of body" particularly during an anxiety attack or high stress moments. Is this dissociation? I find it terrifying and have to work hard to come back in the moment and feel grounded. I don't see a lot of posts from those who were diagnosed as adults, but maybe I'm not looking in the right spots. TIA