I have noticed that, since around Thanksgiving, my dissociation episodes are more frequent and intense. For me, it feels like I "should be somewhere else" or that whatever I am doing feels "wrong". I seemingly move through reality and feel like I'm not exactly where I'm supposed to be or don't feel like the person I should be. I feel like I have to pretend to be "me" as people know me. It's incredibly bizarre and frustrating. I often get incredibly sad, unmotivated and tired during these episodes.

Most of the time I just go read fanfiction or watch Netflix to escape my dissociation and I can often do this for several hours at a time before I have to do "real world" stuff. The "real world" stuff feels super tiring and requires so much emotional energy.

Does anyone have any tips/tricks/ideas for dealing with frequent dissociation? My therapist says there isn't much that I can do medically and that I may just go through these up and down periods my whole life. I guess I really just need some reassurance that I'm going to be OK.

I mean...am I going to be OK?