What is a DBT skills group like? Tomorrow evening I start at the very beginning of a DBT skills group. It is once a week, a 1 hour 15 minute session in a group, for about 30 weeks. I hope to journal here each week what I have learned.
Coping skills when in distress – T.I.P. When every thing seems just too much to deal with, and you are just overwhelmed by everything, remember the T.I.P. skills. T. Temperature. Fill a bowl with ice cold water. Hold you breathe and dunk your face into the water. Hold it there for as long as you can. […]
Disassociating and grounding When I got up this morning, nothing felt real. It was as if I was still asleep and in a dream. I didn’t feel like I was actually alive. It is called disassociation and there are skills that can be used to ground yourself and get back in touch with reality. Skills […]
A pretty scary sounding diagnosis. ‘Personality Disorder’, the name just screams out to people to run away from anyone diagnosed with BPD. We are not scary, we have many positive features. We view the world and relationships differently, we ‘feel’ more. BPD’s are not dangerous or manipulative, which is how we are sometimes described. Please […]
I was first diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), in my 50’s. I always knew that there was something wrong with me, that I was different, that my thinking processes were not ‘normal’. I was first diagnosed with PTSD and depression way back in about 2007. I was given meds and referred to a psychiatrist. […]