@Judy2 do you happen to have any experience in dissociative episodes? she seems to go into these blank states, it can become hard for her to communicate how she is feeling and what is currently affecting her. by any happenstance would you have any advice on how to bring her out of, and prevent future episodes.
i have noticed that there are certain precursors, physical and emotional stress seems to bring them on. for instance, a few days back she got a random phone call from her grandmother (a fairly regular occurrence). her grandmother said maybe she should not eat so much chocolate (I had bought her a small assortment for valentines day), so that she can keep the weight off, and stated that "she looks so much prettier than last year". she is, at the present moment a healthy weight, and has been confident in herself, working out, and eating plenty. the phone call had an immediate impact on her, she became nauseous and distrought. and proceeded to spiral into a dicociative episode, was not really communicating and seemed out of it, then fell asleep for around two hours. when she woke up she was groggy at first and appeared to be fine, but claimed to not remember anything before her nap. is there anything i can do to break her out of an episode or prevent one in the future? i know outside influence cannot be helped, but i would like to know if there is anything on my part that can be done.