I’ve never heard of that model but it makes sense. The thing is I have tried the “usual” recommendations: exercise, mindfulness, etc. and it worked ok at least to put a bandaid on what was going on. I didn’t always talk about it in therapy after I tried those things so I guess for me, I know I’m trying even if for her, she has no idea of how much I’m doing.

I think the biggest issue is that the suggestions are out of the scope of what I can handle right now. (T would say: “how do you know you can’t handle it if you haven’t tried it.”) So another part of me is hurt because I feel like my mental illness isn’t being understood or taken seriously if you think I can do that.