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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots
Does that workbook look significantly different from The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook (Daniel J. Fox)? I feel like every time I open my book I have to use distress tolerance skills because it's diving into the "core content" memories and other stuff I don't like thinking about, so now I just haven't looked at it in a bit.
Also, how soundproof is your apartment? I'm really hesitant to bring my violin/other instruments here because I'm afraid my neighbors aren't going to really appreciate it that much. Walls are quite thin (got to listen to some good TMI times yesterday which was fun). My piano is digital and my guitar is electric so I'd have more sound control there (wouldn't even bring the amp unless I bring my bass too, but I probably won't because bass is kinda boring compared to other strings), but with violin/harmonica/trombone (esp. trombone, not that I really play that much anymore), I feel like I need a quieter place to practice. I'm gonna ask the people around me on this floor first, and obviously not practice during quiet hours if they seem okay with it, but idk. I honestly feel too self-conscious even just listening to a lecture without headphones. Just kinda wondering how the people are over there about it and if that's a concern for you. When growing up I watched my mom get a hatchet thrown at her for "walking too loud" so I don't want something like that to happen to me haha.
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So what it focused on most according to the first couple pages is Stage one of recovery which is safety and stabilization
So the chapters are:
Introduction: What is trauma?
Chapter 1: PTSD and Complex PTSD: Making sense of symptoms
Chapter 2: Understanding Dissociation
Chapter 3: Regulating your nervous system
Chapter 4: Distress Tolerance skills
Chapter Five: Mindfulness Skills
Chapter 6: Emotion regulation skills
Chapter 7: Coming to terms with Trauma
Chapter 8: The Importance of connections
Chapter 9: How to increase the pleasure in your life
Chapter 10: Next Steps
So it’s like not getting deep into processing trauma that’s more for therapy, it’s helping with regulating emotions, distress tolerance, dealing with dissociation etc stuff like that. So I don’t think you’d have to worry about it triggering you as far as I can tell

I’m gonna make another post in a second about the violin sound issue
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type