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ETA: I agree 100% with this. Like anything else, there are good practitioners, mediocre practitioners and out right bad practitioners.

OK - this one made me laugh out loud. How awesome would that have been if it had been on fire? Your brain would have exploded! (and your inner child would have been going - "see, I told you so").

I think I'll try the Soljanka or the Winter Root Vegetable recipe this weekend - probably no gator recipes for me!

I remember being around 9 or 10 years old and realizing that I was me. I remember being in a Sunday school class and asking the teacher to explain how I was me and everyone else was everyone else. I think the poor man was very dumbfounded and really couldn't offer an explanation.

Oh - these all sound so good! I love to cook. In fact, when I was really suffering two years ago, I made preserves...lots and lots and lots of preserves. I think my boys equate the canning equipment to "uh oh, Mom's in a bad place!". @Sweetpea76 - I'm originally from Ohio, so I do know...

@joeylittle - my group leaders have trained with Linehan and are now trainers themselves. They are really very good. It makes me sad when I hear people talk about bad experiences with DBT and then find out what they were getting was "DBT-like" therapy. The counselor I had when I started my...

You really can't model something you don't have. Believe me, I tried. I am learning skills (emotional regulation, distress tolerance) that I was never taught and slowly "generalizing" them into my daily life. My kids see me doing this and are picking up on them as well. It's a slow process...

I can relate to this...only I'm definitely not depressed now. And it feels...like I'm solid. Before my self perception ranged from "I'm invisible" to "I'm transparent". I mean this sort of literally, it's hard to explain. I don't have any pre-trauma memories of being happy and I figured the...

My group goes through the skills twice (with the Mindfulness module repeated after each of the other three). I think this is the way Linehan developed it. My group leaders, however, take their sweet time on each of the modules, so I'll have been in group for about 2 years (although I did take...

If your DBT leader is practicing "true" DBT, you should be able to discuss this with her in a reasonable way (it's a potential rupture and could lead to "therapy interfering behavior" (ha!)). If you've done your Interpersonal module, you could probably try a DEAR MAN with her...although it...

Welcome - I was a HUGE fan of the Twilight Zone growing up and remember the episode from your picture quite well!

Well played - I am very impressed!

I don't think I would walk alone at a state park, but there have been women attacked on the "urban" trails around here, so I think it's an accurate assessment of safety. There are a couple of local parks with lakes that generally have a lot of people walking and I would feel safe there. I...

I think this is the most important "take away" message you can count on.

I am so angry at the mental health system right now that I've had to take a break from individual therapy (I'm still in a DBT skills group). From misdiagnoses to mistreatment to over-medicated, it really pisses me off and has left me with a difficult time trusting anyone in the field. That...

The flowers are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them! You'll have to do Steak and HJ day instead. :);)

I am so happy for you! Maybe this will break the Valentine's Day curse!

We can have steak!!!!!

You are not alone (I'm a single mom with 3 kids) and it is very difficult. Like @Sighs, I'm a "yeah, me too BUT I'm not there now"....but I'm not naive enough to believe it can't happen again. However, I've worked very hard to put things in place to make it as unlikely as possible. That...

Hi Laurie! Welcome home.

No sympathy @Santa_Laurie, but some empathy. You're welcome to come over here for steak (but no BJ) on Valentines Day.

Totally taking the OP off topic (then again, steaks and blow jobs probably weren't anticipated either) - but I disagree. I think there is overlap in the symptoms and I think that many of the treatments for BPD are effective with "C" PTSD (in fact, the second stage in DBT for BPD is to deal with...

I am truly intrigued by Steak & Blowjob day. Is this on February 14th? Is this an official US holiday (it seems more likely to be something official in Australia)?

I have not responded to either of that poster's threads, but have been very very tempted to do so. I think it's the same urge I have to continue in endless circular arguments with my ex, when I know nothing I say will change her mind, her opinion or her abuse. But still, I want to try. It has...

This reminded me of a beautiful poem by Frances Driscoll called The Island of Raped Women (it can be googled). It makes me so sad that so many folks are struggling. @The One Who Knocks and @shimmerz, you are both in my thoughts. I wish you both places of peace - even if it's just to catch...