Rebecca Antrim Neurodivergent Therapy and Consultancy

26/09/2025

Dissociation can make us feel disconnected from ourselves and the world around us. For example, we may have difficulty remembering certain events or feel like the world around us is unreal. Dissociation can be a response to too much stress, like a traumatic event.

Here are six tips you could try to help you cope with dissociation👇

* Keep a journal. It may help you understand and remember different parts of your experience.

* Try visualisation. Imagining different scenes and environments can help soothe difficult feelings. For example, you might find it helpful to imagine a place that feels safe.

* Try grounding techniques. For example, breathing slowly while counting might help you feel more connected to the present.

* Talk to people with similar experiences. Lots of people don’t understand dissociation and it can be stigmatised. So it might be helpful to chat to other people.

* Look after your wellbeing. Getting enough sleep and exercise can help you cope with difficult experiences like dissociation.

*Seek support. If you’re struggling to get help, it might be useful to find an advocate to help you express your views and wishes.

We hope you find this helpful for yourself or friends who may be experiencing dissociation 💙

26/09/2025

I hope you find something today that makes the day a little more gentle.

25/09/2025

The pressure to meet everyone else’s expectations can be crushing. But their goals don’t have to be yours.

25/09/2025

If you’re looking for a sign that you’re not alone and that things will get better, this is that sign.

25/09/2025

As helpers, givers, empaths, and compassionate-hearted ones, we don’t always give ourselves permission to take up space.

We’re too busy doing that for everyone else.

We can get so good at pushing down our own feelings that we even fool ourselves, forgetting that we have wants, needs, and feelings of our own. 😵‍💫

Instead, we silence our voice and stay small so that others don’t feel uncomfortable.

(When in doubt, defer to what the other person wants, right)?

So, when we start trying to have a voice again, we find that we’ve forgotten how to give ourselves permission to use it. 🥺

And, when we want to start listening to our feelings again, we first we gotta remember where we stuffed them. 🥴

Developing healthy boundaries within ourselves can feel awkward and strange, especially after a long time of denying ourselves permission.

Here’s something that can help. 💛

Keep this Personal Permission Slip close by as you navigate your boundaries journey.

Healthy inner boundaries can look like this.

❤️
Molly
Therapist-turned-boundaries-guide

PS. If you are ready to lovingly take up more space in your life, my boundaries mini-course is here for you.

And it’s currently available for free!
Https://boundaried.com/breakthrough ✨

22/09/2025

Autism is a spectrum💛
Hand-drawn by me: lilpenguinstudios.com

22/09/2025

22/09/2025

22/09/2025

Fancy a free brew and chat? ☕️

Our groups are a safe, non-judgemental space for guys to talk. They run every Monday 7-9pm (excluding bank holidays) for any man 18+.

Why not come along this Monday for a brew and chat? There’s no pressure to talk, you can simply sit and listen.

Visit our website to find your nearest group or drop us an email to info@andysmanclub.co.uk to join our online groups.