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*Beth* · May 15, 2022, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25

Oh, Beth, I hate this for you. It is indeed so painful and once again I must strongly recommend you look up ways to cope with the intense negative emotions of ptsd and BP. None of us here want you to get hurt. I don’t know if you have any around you, many do not, but what about partial hospitalization? But then, they may “recommend”, ie force, you into IP. At least that’s what has happened to me. So maybe that’s not really an option. I know seeing your T would help the most but if she’s just not available you need a backup plan.

The distress tolerance module of DBT has been helpful to me. I don’t sign on to much of DBT but that is quite helpful, and some of the emotion regulation. A lot of it is rather hokey in IMO but not all of it.

RE: the AP, I know you don’t want another med, believe me I know the feeling, but right now I’m telling myself it’s all just temporary and hopefully when the trauma emotions are more controlled I’ll be able to reduce. Maybe going on one for awhile will be what you need just to help you through this tough time.

Many, many hugs to you

Thank you so much, wfc. The one problem with the town I live in is that although there is one very small IP unit in the hospital here, there are no programs. I'd do one in a NY minute; maybe I could even explain the situation with my cats so they would agree not to IP me. But there isn't anything. The NAMI groups were terrific for support if my T was out. For some reason the groups here have remained online. There are plenty of people who attend the NAMI groups who don't have internet access. I'm angry that they're keeping the groups online when everything else has opened up. It's ridiculous - and actually, it's on my list to contact them about the situation. I was a facilitator for 2 years, so they would likely take my concerns seriously.

Thank you for reminding me about DBT! I had forgotten about it. I keep trying to use CBT skills, but it's hard for me to remember it all, especially when my mind is spinning and I don't find CBT that great, anyway. I will go over DBT skills today, especially distress tolerance, which I clearly need.