I agree with the parts stuff. Never felt real. Felt like it was just in the mind. Also, I often enter stage 3 but I never allow it. I stop it. I’ll see what happens if I just let myself collapse. I’m even more curious because I did everything to regulate, yet it only brought me to trauma responses. Maybe I was regulating correctly, which made me feel safe enough to let the narratives appear. Hmm.
I agree with the parts stuff. Never felt real. Felt like it was just in the mind. Also, I often enter stage 3 but I never allow it. I stop it. I’ll see what happens if I just let myself collapse. I’m even more curious because I did everything to regulate, yet it only brought me to trauma responses. Maybe I was regulating correctly, which made me feel safe enough to let the narratives appear. Hmm.
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