Posted by Penny on February 3, 2004, at 9:44:41
In reply to Re: Summing up » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on February 3, 2004, at 8:10:46
> It might be worth reading Linehan's introduction before speaking to her. She didn't actually invent DBT for borderlines. She was working with a group of people who exhibited suicidal and parasuicidal behavior. So if this person engages in any of that, it's 100% honest to say that this form of therapy was created to address that problem.
To add to what Dinah said, I'm not diagnosed with BPD, but my T thought DBT might be useful for me - I don't engage in parasuicidal behavior per se, but I do tend to get 'over excited' or enraged or whatever, esp. when I'm feeling bad, and my mood can plummet from 'okay' to 'I want to die' in a fraction of a second. My T thought DBT might be a useful tool for me in handling these 'episodes.'
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