Hi ((((((((((((Mary Alice))))))))))))...

I am so super impressed with your having looked into the DBT therapy, even though I understand that you don't like the idea of it.

The thing is, it's more like new tools that your T is giving you to work with so the two of you can move forward, not really a 'technique' that he's using 'on you'. I would hate that too, believe me.

It's like = If your friend was coming to visit and their car broke down outside of your house. A good friend would share his tools with you in order to fix whatever on the car so that it could run that much better.

DBT is really just super-CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) which is what those of us with anxiety have worked with to try to help deal with it.

The strategies suggested for therapists to utilize to facilitate the teaching of the new skills doesn't mean that they don't care = in fact, if he wasn't trying to impart the skillset/tools for you to use ALONG WITH you guys's therapy, he would be doing you a marked disservice and that's not what friends do right?

What is your impression of the concepts themselves, i.e., mindfulness, not personalizing or assuming, working on not having black and white thinking... learning these with the CBT have been my hardest challenge, but it's been helpful the more I practice it...

Again, I hope you're not mad at me, but I am very impressed and thrilled really that you are looking into some of this stuff = I so want you not to hurt so much all of the time, and to get some relief from your suffering.

Most fondly, Peanut

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