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Old May 22, 2012, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by costello View Post
And one more thing

About Radical Acceptance. I really wish I could find those notes, but I'm can't, so I'll just tell you two things I think you need to know. Keep in mind that I'm no Marsha Linehan, but I'll do my best.

1. Radically accepting does not mean that you think what happened to you is ok.

2. If you decide to radically accept, you'll have to do it over and over. The anger will return again and again, and you'll have to accept again and again. I think Marsha Linehan calls it 'turning the mind.' You'll have to turn your mind again and again.

It ain't easy. Radical acceptance is not for weaklings or the faint of heart.

I don't think you understand. No matter how much I accept what happened, it doesn't mean tehre is an escape from it. No matter how much I accept that this happened and I have to just move on, there is always the imminent future threat of it all happening again. The doctors still try to "check up" on me. They still send social workers around to my house. They still threaten to have me put on compulsory community treatment, and I think most of the reason that I've escape that so far is because I know how the law works (and can get my lawyer friends to represent me for free). I'm sure if I were more of a layperson, I'd already be back on the forced druggings. No amount of acceptance or success of self-care or whatever has changed that. I can't imagine it will for a very long time.
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