kokaino
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DBT has been a life saver. I was diagnosed with BPD when I was 23 (I'm now 28 ) and before that my life was absolutely chaotic. I did the stupidest things, threw temper tantrums, was a pathological liar and manipulated people for personal gain all the time (but unlike antisocial personalities, BPD people actually feel bad but they do it anyway and that is how I was). I couldn't hold on to friends and keep relationships because everything was about me and my moods would shift from elation to rage within hours, even minutes at times. People around me thought I was crazy. If someone said no to me, that would be the end of it. I would hate them so intensely that I would hold deep grudges for long periods of time. If people did what I wanted then they were god to me. I never cut myself or anything, but I hurt myself in different ways. If I was really angry I'd take like 20 tylenols just because I know that it is damaging my body and that made me feel good that I was causing damage to myself. When I was diagnosed at first I was totally in denial and thought the psychiatrist was crazy and stupid, but I came around after a bit and realized that I was borderline and began treatment.
DBT is basically life skills training. The big thing with DBT is "mindfulness" and understanding that others have feelings and stuff like that. It teaches us ways to cope with life and with people and it teaches skills on how to deal with people the right way and things like that. It has worked very well for me. I still have my moments and I still can get arrogant and get frustrated with people if they don't do things my way, but now I can control it and I'm "mindful" of it. I'm a totally different person now.
I've been seeing a psychiatrist since I was 21. I saw a psychiatrist briefly when I was a child because my parents had concerns I was ADHD and that psychiatrist said I was fine. Boy was he dead wrong.
DBT is basically life skills training. The big thing with DBT is "mindfulness" and understanding that others have feelings and stuff like that. It teaches us ways to cope with life and with people and it teaches skills on how to deal with people the right way and things like that. It has worked very well for me. I still have my moments and I still can get arrogant and get frustrated with people if they don't do things my way, but now I can control it and I'm "mindful" of it. I'm a totally different person now.
I've been seeing a psychiatrist since I was 21. I saw a psychiatrist briefly when I was a child because my parents had concerns I was ADHD and that psychiatrist said I was fine. Boy was he dead wrong.
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