DBT is not just for borderline. They are the skills that normally healthy people have & learned in their normal life to deal with things that come up in their life.

The one huge thing I learned in DBT is that not all anxiety is bad. Anxiety is a normal part of every human's brain & it comes up in ALL people when there are things that have to be done. It is our mind & bodies way of telling us that there is something we need to do. Without it, we wouldn't end up doing anything.

Obviously we need to control the level so we can get those things done. That is why anxiety is like a wave. Also, distraction is wonderful for anxiety because the mind is incapable of thinking of more than one thing at a time. The distraction doesn't get rid of what is causing the stress anxiety but it does give needed relief.

I had two years of group DBT with the most wonderful psychologist that made the group more like a college learning class with group learning & sharing experiences as we learned. It was an awesome experience.