DBT may very well not be for everyone but it depends too on the therapist, which makes a difference and to find someone who is well trained. I don't know about learning from the book without having someone as a guide to learn it because with what specifically gets triggered or comes up in life is not covered in all situations and would be difficult to apply all the skills in the manual without guidance; a therapist would be valuable in this situation.

I have a love/hate relationship with DBT, literally. I hate the things that it triggers and what it incites in me. I love that from this it gives me a chance to work on those exact things that need work or they wouldn't be triggered. I dread going some times more than others because I know it is work and it challenges me, which for that reason, I both love and hate as well. If I avoid it, it is exactly an indication of something that I need to be looking and working on instead of avoiding it.

I was warned about this though before I started that it would be challenging, that it would be work, that it would be triggering, and for a reason. One therapist calls it an AFGRO- another friggin growth opportunity. I have learned to take what skills I can use and use them to help where I can. Even if all the skills do not apply, I am better off having a few more skills to use as tools to get through life than I did before coming across DBT.