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Overwhelmed by DBT?

Posted by Roslynn on June 12, 2010, at 16:56:00

Hi everybody,

I am seeing a therapist I really like, but he is really in the DBT mode and I'm not sure I'm grasping the concepts. I feel like I don't have enough control over my thoughts, etc., to make it through the exercises. He'll tell me to "turn the mind" away from a difficult thought but I don't have that control. Maybe partly because I have lingering OCD?

Does anyone else ever feel overwhelmed by DBT?

Thank you,
Roslynn

 

Re: Overwhelmed by DBT?

Posted by Dinah on June 12, 2010, at 18:19:01

In reply to Overwhelmed by DBT?, posted by Roslynn on June 12, 2010, at 16:56:00

I thought DBT didn't require that you turn your mind from a thought? Just that you observe the thought instead of being upset by it, which seems to be the opposite of trying to turn your thoughts from it?

I could be wrong, but in my mind I associate that more with CBT.

There's nothing that makes a thought stick in my mind more than trying to turn my mind from something...

 

Re: Overwhelmed by DBT? » Dinah

Posted by Roslynn on June 13, 2010, at 16:54:41

In reply to Re: Overwhelmed by DBT?, posted by Dinah on June 12, 2010, at 18:19:01

Hi Dinah,

That's a good point...maybe I misunderstood my therapist. I'll have to check.

Thanks for your response..hope all is going well!

Roslynn


> I thought DBT didn't require that you turn your mind from a thought? Just that you observe the thought instead of being upset by it, which seems to be the opposite of trying to turn your thoughts from it?
>
> I could be wrong, but in my mind I associate that more with CBT.
>
> There's nothing that makes a thought stick in my mind more than trying to turn my mind from something...

 

Re: Overwhelmed by DBT? » Roslynn

Posted by Dinah on June 15, 2010, at 16:22:14

In reply to Re: Overwhelmed by DBT? » Dinah, posted by Roslynn on June 13, 2010, at 16:54:41

If you ask him, could you let me know what he says? I'm curious about the real life application of DBT. I've just read about it.


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