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May 22, 2021, 09:43 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2004
Location: Kentucky, USA
Posts: 25,077
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Originally Posted by WovenGalaxy
I can imagine that would feel discouraging and frustrating. There have been period of my life where I've been deeply depressed. The kind that doesn't go away. And its like experiencing everything through a negative filter - from what I felt to what I thought. Currently I teeter between ok and...not. My therapist said not to compare my depressed self to the person I am when I'm well, or, to anybody else. Maybe hearing that will help you too BethRags. In DBT we also learn about radical acceptance. Something I need to brush up on.
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It took me a while to grasp that radical acceptance in DBT. I was the tough sell in our DBT group but once I got it, it stuck & makes sense & is one of the things I use the most. DBT & our group leader who ended up being my T also was the best & most useful therapy I ever had.
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