I was in group, once a week. I would eat a big mcdonalds dinner before the session. Being in group was excruciating. It was all bona fide crazy people. I dont know how they got thru the day. Realistically they were all suburban mother types. One time, with just a few early arrivals, one woman asked the leader, "when a person speaks in a monotone, is it true that means they are wacko in a certain way?" And i just KNEW the batch meant me. She was lucky i didnt come across the table.
So i learned stuff in spite of myself. But it was torture. As they say, like herding cats. Maybe theres a dbt zoom meeting out there somewhere?