Posted by corafree on August 24, 2004, at 17:59:25
In reply to Re: BpersonD, Less Suicidal, Free Spirit v DBT therapy » corafree, posted by Dinah on August 24, 2004, at 16:57:54
> I think it might be comforting for you to remember that therapy can't *make* you change anything you don't want to change. (Just ask my therapist.) You can take what you want from DBT and leave the rest. You might have to give up being a free spirit *just* for the classes, since I understand they are highly regimented, but you don't have to change your whole way of being.
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> I would think that DBT, when done properly, would free you even more to act rather than react. To be as spontaneous as you choose to be in any given situation. :) Which I think sounds worse than it feels.And I would think you are right ... and I am 'duh'! Thanks for the insight. Yes instead of being an armchair warrior, maybe I could actually 'do' something, because I really do love a lot. cf
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