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Elysium · Jun 19, 2009, 07:00 PM

Hey Pom!!

I'm not sure if you are understanding DBT correctly. I think you have a book on it, at least I thought you mentioned you did earlier.

I just wanted to share with you that when I went through DBT, it wasn't about exposing us to our traumatic memories and making us face them again. It was about helping us learn to identify, monitor, and re-direct our emotions when we became triggered by our traumatic memories instead.

They taught us skills that we could use and help us monitor and track our triggers throughout the week and they would be available for us to call if we needed guidance on what we were learning.

At first, I was scared to do this because I was afraid I would fail, and I to thought I was going to be exposed and triggered so I ran. But once I got into it and started experiencing it, I realized that it wasn't forcing me to relive anything but merely giving me a choice between being stuck in my triggering events or being able to pull myself out of that event and change my emotions so that I would be safe and not have to get blown over by it.

I know it's not for everyone, but I just wanted to offer you another point of view.

I'm glad you shared this article. I think it has a good point. Maybe suppression would be a good thing for certain people. Everyone is different so it stands to reason that there would not just be one perfect way to treat something, but multiple options to explore.

Take care!!