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Originally Posted by NowhereUSA
I don't know if you're familiar with Marsha Linehan at all. This intense pain people feel? She feels it. She's talked about it. She used to violently self injure because her emotional intensity was so high. The point of these distress tolerance skills is to help cope when our cognitive functioning is decreased due to high emotion. The goal is to reduce the intensity so we can deal with the issue at hand in a manner that is skillful and effective.
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I do find her story interesting, and I am aware that she has gone through a lot herself. It does baffle me that someone who shares pain intensity with many of us could find these things helpful in a crisis.