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Originally Posted by nicoleb2
I saw T today. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting.
It was hard. I had to do a chain analysis (a dbt thing), which basically required me to write down the thoughts I was having, body sensations, emotions and actions I did leading up to cutting.
I was having a really hard time with it, because I really couldn't identify what emotion went with some of the thoughts I had.
T helped me realize that some of it was rage, which I never would have even considered given what my picture of rage was in my head.
It makes a lot of sense.
Anyway, that was basically a long way of saying I managed. It's hard, but I managed.
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Hey, well done for sharing this with T - maybe for lots of things in life the anticipation is often worse than the reality - see I am really good at the theory, but when I get in there it is so different.
The chain thing sounds useful, my T was getting me to do a similar thing, but slightly less structured - but in the moments before SI I am not very aware of what I am doing and it is so hard to remember and put myself back there. So I can relate to your diffficulty in putting thoughts emotions together.
Great that you have some new insights, I think you are really brave to have done this with T.
Thanks so much for sharing how it went, it is nice to hear how people get on and also inspiring.
