yeah of course. It wasnt a plan, just nice to know that options are available. My mental health can be really unpredictable because it depends which of my parts is in control. Not just my mental health like mood and stuff but a real cognitive struggle. Ive sat down to read research papers and ive not had the foggiest what any of it means because ive switched into child mode. Or I cant drive to get to uni. Or even if I can get to uni and understand the lectures, my speech is slurred like a drunk person, i have no spatial awareness and what speech isnt slurred is often back to front!
The reason a therapist will try to bring you into the present is because theres no deep input with a dissociated person. Theres no recovery work available. Same is true for complex input elsewhere. Its better for me not to attend that day than deal with social exclusion, embarrassment/shame/guilt/triggers. But i often go in regardless and just record the session.