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Originally Posted by unaluna
I dont get why anybody would want to talk to their t on a weekend. I mean, yeah im just sitting here binge-watching barnaby jones and maybe folding laundry, but i dont want t to catch me doing that.
And if im depressed and just sleeping and eating ice cream, i REALLY dont want to talk to him. But lately i have been doing better than that. You guys inspire me with your major chore reports to at least do ONE thing.
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Seeing all the chores everyone does on weekends makes me feel more guilty I do nothing, but most certainly does not motivate me one iota. I literally slept all day yesterday.
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Originally Posted by NP_Complete
The place has a "DBT skills group" that you can attend twice a week while you're on their 9 month waiting list. The difference being when you're "official" you get a therapist appointment plus a group therapy and phone support. They also have a trauma program that's twice a week individual therapy plus group, where apparently you do DBT therapy for a while and then prolonged exposure therapy for a while. He wants me to do the skills group now and then possibly either the normal or trauma program. I have an intake appt on Wednesday. I feel totally disempowered right now.
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NP, don't forget that all of this is YOUR choice. If you really, truly do not want to do DBT, don't do it. Your T is not forcing you to do this. I think he is very concerned and is trying other ways to help you become a little less dysregulated.Is he a trauma T? What you are going through is extremely traumatic, and "just" talking therapy may not be helpful, and doesn't seem to be, as you seem to be still as hopeless/suicidal as you were a few months ago.
I am not judging you AT ALL (believe me, i stay stuck in a loop of hopelessness way too much), just pointing out an observation as to why T is trying something else.
But, at the end of the day--this is your choice. If you are dead set against trying it, tell T that you don't want to. He hasn't given you an ultimatium that I can tell. Nor should he. He needs to accept you where you are, and if he can't deal with that, then maybe he isn't the T for you right now.