For some former members this can be distressing and affect their functioning. When this happens, it tends to impair one's concentration, attention, memory, and coping skills. Many former members coming from groups practicing prolonged consciousness altering find that the intensity, frequency, and duration of the episodes decrease when they deliberately and consistently use the strategies outlined below. It is important to note that when one is tired, ill, or under stress, the feelings of spaceyness, dissociation, depersonalization, and derealization may temporally return. By developing the ability to immediately label these states and attempting the following strategies, one can return to a consistent state of mental functioning.
Strategies Maintain a routine.
Make change slowly, physically, emotionally, nutritionally, geographically, etc. Monitor health, watch nutrition, and get medical checkups. Avoid drugs and alcohol. Avoid sensory overload. Drive consciously without music.