tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486214074384158284.post2630214688580429272..comments2023-05-03T01:18:17.167+10:00Comments on Dialectic Dichotomy: Self-Destruct SequenceChrysalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987538360359912475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486214074384158284.post-30803121514544587542010-04-06T09:19:11.849+10:002010-04-06T09:19:11.849+10:00Of course you are.
Do they help? Hmm. I believe t...Of course you are.<br /><br />Do they help? Hmm. I believe they will, eventually. At the moment I still have a lot of trouble believing them, but I'm choosing to trust in what Kelly used to say: if you keep saying them, eventually you will believe them.Chrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987538360359912475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486214074384158284.post-9911065032315304402010-04-06T02:42:56.299+10:002010-04-06T02:42:56.299+10:00:o I am your best friend? :-D
No, you are not a ...:o I am your best friend? :-D<br /><br />No, you are not a bad person, you are correct.<br /><br />Do the cheer-leading statements help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486214074384158284.post-27753722662430220382010-04-03T07:30:23.538+10:002010-04-03T07:30:23.538+10:00Hey Stacy,
Mental Health is a Government run clin...Hey Stacy,<br /><br />Mental Health is a Government run clinic where you generally have/see a psychiatrist and a Case Manager. <br />Here the way it works is that you get put under Mental Health care for a period of time until you're placed in DBT. During DBT you have your DBT therapist & group, as well as (if needed), your psychiatrist. After doing DBT, I was discharged with no CM and no psychiatrist, and referred on to be solely under my GP's care. We were told this would be happening to everybody, but of the three of us who finished, I'm the only one to whom it actually did.<br /><br />For me, being discharged means I no longer have access to several programs and activities that could have been otherwise really good for me. It also means that there's a lot less support, and that there is no nobody with the power to help facilitate inpatient for me if I should require it.<br /><br /><br />I think DBT can be really good to help you see chain reactions and sequences that are repeated as patterns, but I was actually not too bad at seeing them before DBT.<br /><br />I hope you do start including something similar to cheerleading statements in your post! I've found including them to be helpful, both in cementing these new 'beliefs' and sayings, and in giving myself accountability to ensure I'm using some. It can be hard, sometimes, to remember to use them at all, so being able to think, "hey, that ties in with this thing I wanted to blog about, I wonder if I can turn that around to something more positive/helpful," can be really good for me.Chrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987538360359912475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486214074384158284.post-9411104247603565632010-04-03T03:10:26.620+10:002010-04-03T03:10:26.620+10:00I'm not sure how the mental health system work...I'm not sure how the mental health system works in the area where you are. Sounds like you, and some others working with you, were hoping you'd be referred into a more intensive program than DBT. Maybe an inpatient or day patient program? Not sure how it works there. I've heard others refer to being "dischanged from Mental Health". Does that mean discharged from the hospital as an inpatient/overnight kind of place? <br /><br />That is so cool that you're seeing the sequence of events that leads to your self destructive thoughts. And that you can see that you have choices about how you respond and act. I'm still working on those things myself as well. Is that something you learned to do in DBT? My DBT therapist has suggested working through a "sequence of events" worksheet with me but we haven't gotten to it yet. <br /><br />I can certainly relate to your mixed feelings when someone suggests that you seem to be doing better. There is that little sense of lose or abondonment when they don't see you're still struggling. I'm trying to work through that as well.<br /><br />As always, I love your cheerleading statements! Kind of like postitive affirmations. I'm thinking of starting to include those some way in my blog as well.<br />Take care,<br />StacyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535471466050187965noreply@blogger.com