Posted by fallsfall on September 15, 2004, at 20:00:34
In reply to CBT or DBT?, posted by Ilene on September 15, 2004, at 12:27:28
I think that DBT skills would be helpful for almost anybody.
I do have a BPD diagnosis (but I'm not "typical" - I'm not impulsive, for instance). I found that the people in my skills training class spent a lot of effort trying to show up and pay attention. I was at a point where I could do those things - I was ready to learn the skills. As a result, there was a lot of distraction away from the skills for me (for the last half or so there were only two of us, and we were both able to pay attention). You might find the same thing if you don't exhibit the typical BPD symptoms. I'm glad that I did the class. Like Alexandra says, I found CBT to be invalidating, but DBT seemed much more logical to me.
P.S. I cleaned out my freezer last week, and thought of you.
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