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Old Mar 24, 2011, 03:21 PM
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Self-sabotage is one of my worst traits. Whenever things start to go really GOOD in my life, I F it all up again. It's like I won't allow myself to be happy.

I lost 50 pounds in 2010, but I've been stalled since October. Plateau. And it's not a physical plateau....I've given up. I'm fully expecting I might gain it all back, maybe 100. I'm incapable of getting to a healthy weight.

I can't stay at a job for more than 2 years. I get bored, feel like my skills aren't being used, and then I do something to screw it all up. I've only been fired once, but I've had to quit because I made things too uncomfortable. And right this moment, I'm on the internet at work. They monitor it. I could get fired. It's like I don't give a crap.

We get really good at paying off our debt, saving up money, and then I go and call in sick to work (unpaid) or spend a lot of money, and mess it all up again.

I just started DBT but it's going slow. I guess I'm inpatient. I've been in therapy for 3 long years, but never done DBT.

Any of you been able to stop your self-sabotage? How?
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30 year old wife & mom to a 5 year old girl
Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder
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