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Posted 10/25/2014 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
what does it work for Bipolar?


caren
Posted 10/25/2014 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
made a mistake I mean DbT--------?

caren
Posted 10/26/2014 7:36 AM (GMT 0)
dialectical behaviour therapy.

back in it's day it was first adopted as the key treatment practice for people with borderline personality disorder and and personality disorders. it has a few components, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, the practice of mindfulness and so on. it is very widely practiced nowadays in all facets of mental illness. it is an intense but rewarding practice. i practiced it in a inpatient treatment program for 6 months intensively many moons ago. it is as i say, hard work, but the rewards are great. hope this helps.
Posted 10/27/2014 3:53 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Caren,

Yep, HT gave you a good meaning. DBT simply means Dialectical Behavior Therapy and it is a form of psychotherapy. It is a therapy designed to help people change patterns of behavior that are not effective, such as self-harm, suicidal thinking and substance abuse.

In DBT, you learn a lot of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. It emphasizes the psychosocial aspects of treatment such as how a person interacts with others in different environments and relationships. The theory behind the approach is that some people are prone to react in a more intense and out of the ordinary manner toward certain emotional situations, primarily those found in romantic, family and friend relationships.
As HT said, DBT was originally designed to help treat people with borderline personality disorder, but is now used to treat a wide range of concerns.

My therapist did DBT with me. I still have my workbook and I go through it from time to time. It is something that has helped me and it is helpful to me daily.

UA
Posted 10/30/2014 8:09 AM (GMT 0)
yes UA. to change patterns of behaviour and thinking that are not effective. well said. i have my work book somewhere. would be a trip to read it. boy was i expletive at one stage!!!!!! sorry no other way of putting it.

for me, medication, therapy and actualization of time has brought me to a better and healthier state, am still a work in progress, but i can se the jig-saw puzzle slowing coming together.
Posted 10/30/2014 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
Lol.
I go back to it from time to time but I never went through the whole book. I've always wanted to go through the entire book again and do over the written exercises to see what changed in me. Never got to it though.

UA
Posted 10/30/2014 11:43 AM (GMT 0)
thinking about it, i may just leave sleeping dogs lye. you know, triggers. keep well.
Posted 11/2/2014 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, there. Thanks for the reminder about DBT! I have worked with a therapist using this, but at the time I (my body) just could not handle the distress and psycho-somatic reactions. My panic attacks became more frequent. My mind had begun to open "Pandora's Box" on some traumatic things that had been locked up safely.

I think I'll give her a call and give it another try. It did work; it was just a lot of "work" for me, the patient. I'm in a better place now, ready to face the triggers again.

Best,
Hoping for Hope
Posted 11/3/2014 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
Hello HopingForHope,

Welcome to the forum :-)!

DBT is indeed hard work. It takes a lot of effort to do. You have to work hard when doing DBT, but the hard work pays off in the end. Even after you finish, I think it's something you have to keep practicing.
I used the book and it did take me sometime to complete it as it was hard to sticking to it.

I hope you will get through with it this time. Let us know how it goes when you try it again.

UA
Posted 11/4/2014 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Carenpolar! How are you keeping?
Posted 11/5/2014 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
God helps me every day...........for 6 years I had no meds ,no symthoms- God had healed me but not now
hugs, caren
Posted 11/5/2014 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
Be strong! Things will get better. Just try to be patient. I know it's not so easy. We are here for you.
Posted 11/5/2014 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
We are here for you Caren.

Hang in there! I hope things will get better.

UA
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