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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
I see a therapist and he is teaching me to simply not react. He says to just feel those emotions, identify them, and let them pass. They are just emotions and they always do pass. This has been very hard to do when those emotions cause a panic fight/flight response. I am getting better at it. But— I still can’t get past what triggers me and overcome it. Though, I am getting better at not letting it get the best of me emotionally.
I learned about DBT from others on here. They say it is a course. I’ll have to look into doing it. Dialectical Behavior Training.
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OK one more thing. My whole issue with this DBT idea of "emotions pass" is that this is only true of a subset of emotions. I don't like how it generalises to all emotions with that.
That subset of emotions is those emotions and feelings that truly are fleeting. Those don't require a deep solution, you can just ignore them yes, and they pass and you just do whatever, while ignoring them. If you get enough rest and relaxation, then you don't lose energy either from ignoring these fleeting emotions.
The problem is when you do have to go deeper for a solution for the emotion. And then it's not an emotion that will just pass.
I really want to ask one of these DBT therapists about what DBT says about that case.
