Yesterday I could feel myself getting triggered by something my friend and I were talking about and normally I would have sat in silence and dissociated into a spiral that would have lasted probably all night, but he held me and I just sat there, breathed and just focused on breathing and my heart rate slowing and it took a while and I felt like it would never end but eventually my thoughts calmed and I was actually able to recognize how nice his arms felt around me and how safe and comfortable I felt, and those thoughts guided me into coming down and feeling okay again. 

Note: I had house music blaring?!37/! I think the combination of happy sound with comforting touch was what helped.. even though I hated it when I was spiralling and wanted to put on music that would make me spiral more, eventually the feeling of loving that music came back and focusing on how I liked it helped pull me out.

It’s crazy how exhausting being in that state is. I was happy and calm most of the day and wanted to go for a walk and do something fun but after that all I wanted was to fall asleep because I could barely keep my eyes open.

How do you get out of spirals ?