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"Then make time in my schedule to meet them for this DBT class where they just make you look at presentations. eventually they'll tell you in a crisis you need to look at this little paper with your top 3 favorite activities and if you tell them nicely you don't think this would work in a real world "
"Like DBT is basically: Telling you that putting your face into a bucket of ice, taking a hot shower, or listening to your favorite song will make your intense suicidal urges dissipate for the time being (maybe there are people who've benefited from these coping skills but personally that's never don"
"I've always been mentally ill and can't regulate emotions well. About a year ago I crashed out, lost everything and was a full blown alcoholic. A couple months ago I completed an intensive DBT course for 8 weeks."
"i'm getting treatment soon. maybe later i'll drop DBT, keep up the med cocktail and just larp as a 50's housewife for the rest of my life. seems more fun"
"u know that part of recovery where u say 'hey i can do one all g its not weird' and then u go on a 3 day bender and get in a few fights and u don't eat and now ur in a diff state and for god knows what reason that made sense yesterday?? cause wat the f is up w that lol how do i be normal without lik"
"and even if your DBT relationship mediation skills are polished and its all fine in that regard, a solid base of love and trust to rest on, theres still that one last thing. that spectre of longing and restlessness."
"That said, no one gave any useful suggestions as to how to act differently, and 'find a different therapist' isn't really that helpful when I've gone to like 25 different therapists over the past 10 years and have tried a bunch of different approaches like DBT, CBT, acceptance and commitment, etc."
"i left my school for a year because my school forced me to (i was suicidal and not going to class), and i came back this year after a year of therapy and a bunch of useless psych ward/IOP/DBT therapy programs. it hasn't done shit and i still fantasize about jumping off of the roof of a 14 story buil"
"DBT but particularly the method laid out in Feeling Good by David Burns"
"I've gone to like 25 different therapists over the past 10 years and have tried a bunch of different approaches like DBT, CBT, acceptance and commitment, etc."
"Super helpful strategy from the famed DBT workbook"