01-21-2018, 01:43 AM
(01-20-2018, 05:48 PM)Naomi Wrote:(01-20-2018, 01:52 AM)Rafterman Wrote:(01-19-2018, 06:54 AM)Naomi Wrote: I just started DBT this week (finally - been waiting six months to get into a group) and I have high hopes considering the praise this treatment receives. If I can't be happy, I'll take being content. Six months of treatment to go, can't wait to see what happens.
Naomi!
I think that DBT was a great choice. I am so psyched for you. It not only can help you build a better life, it can make you content with the life you have as you do so. (Like the old proverb, and Sheryl Crow, say.."Its not having what you want, its wanting what you got".) I like the way that therapy lays out. Its enjoyable, very interactive and social. Can really help with things like mindfulness. Are you doing the online version or in person?
I'm doing an in person group. It is nice to be around people who "get it". Mindfulness is something I'm awful at. I did a Mindfulness group for a while and I'd always end up crying, so I stopped going. A person in my DBT group suggested not fully closing my eyes and just doing a downward gaze instead. I'm going to give that a shot once we get into the mindfulness module.
Great to hear. I think that the mindfulness teaching is probably the most valuable part of DBT. I have never been involved in DBT, but have friends who have. They say that the mindfulness training can be unnerving at first, but that you will grow to value them the most of all the things that DBT shows you. They say it helps merge the reasonable and emotional parts of the mind. I know that you see it through and wish you the best.