I think not wanting to do one treatment which you have tried and clearly from your knowledge given a good shot is not trying to stay sick. DBT isn't for everyone and isn't the only treatment there is. The hospital has tried a couple of times to get me into DBT (despite it being hours from home; the social worker really just is trying to do anything at all to show she did something for me but that's another story) and my therapist feels very strongly that it is not the right treatment for me. Another therapist/friend who knows me well also doesn't think DBT is right for me. I've done a lot of CBT and ACT combined with other similar things plus I've done intensive PTSD treatment that I forget the name of. Those things work for me when I'm well enough to use them and when I'm not I do try and honestly DBT wouldn't work then either. From what I have read I think the treatments I've had are more right for me. I think DBT becomes trendy in certain places/practices but it's not the only answer. (I realize that I probably haven't come across like I have good coping skills but this is the worst my bipolar has been in years and I haven't had a 12 month episode in so long I don't remember the last one. I'm much better at it than I've shown on here).

So I think different people benefit from different therapies and if you've tried it and know it's not your thing then you're very much allowed to want to do something else.