I have BPD and PTSD. In my experience of trying three different DBT groups, two of them online were ran almost like a cult. The group mediators would corner us and make examples of us. The skills blatantly exacerbate any symptoms of PTSD (how are skills to cope with trauma inflicted on us a “myths”? What hope is there for us with BPD if the very therapy that is supposed to help only hurts? It’s like healing a blind person by telling them not to be blind in the first place. How is a person with BPD supposed to take pressured criticism from group leaders in front of others? Is this supposed to work??
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