CBT didn’t work for me, and my neuropsych told me we were doing more DBT. To be honest, I’m not sure what that means. I never looked into it Beyond her comment
I went to DBT group for awhile. I couldn’t help but think how dysfunctional the other people in there were. Plus I kept thinking my ex-girlfriend would have really benefited from the group, she was borderline.
Generally no. My ex had bpd and she got kicked don’t of treatment for missing so.many appointments and never tried again claiming she didn’t truly need or benefit from it qhen it’s clear she needed it.
I know very little about DBT, I was in a CBT group and they briefly touched on DBT but the way it was mentioned it didn’t sound very promising, something like if you want to be happy just be happy, as if it is that easy if you are depressed, I didn’t really get it. CBT made more sense to me and I found it very effective but they discussed it in much more detail. I also took 2 courses in CBT to better understand it. One was an applied CBT course for patients, the other course was for therapists to understand it from that perspective and to get a more theoretical understanding of it.
If someone can explain DBT better I’d appreciate an explanation too.
It talks about how you have to accept yourself as you are now, and understand that change is imminent.
I forget the exact words they use. And I don’t want to plagerize. But there is some inspiring notes I took out of that book I posted in my opening post
I have the skills training book. I think it’s really helpful. I like that there are instructions and there is a lot broken down into steps. I’ve been working through some of it on my own, but ultimately I’d like to find a DBT group.
I think DBT skills are helpful for pretty much anyone.
There’s also a podcast called DBT & Me that’s a good resource if you don’t have access to a therapist who does that kind of work.
