You know, I often gabble about problems without making any mention of successes with them.  I tend to miss the successes mainly because I’m uncomfortable with praise internal or external and also successes don’t need fixing. But I’m actually proud of myself today for the way I handled a tough situation yesterday, and begone to [...]

Tags: bipolar, damn good thang, DBT, hallucinations, reality, side-effects

If something can be blown out of proportion to the magnitude of a catastrophe, most of us can do.  Some of us are “better” at it than others. Nevermind that it’s not useful and makes us feel incredibly anxious, some of us get in the habit. Perhaps we should take up another habit instead. Today’s a [...]

Tags: anxiety, c-ptsd, DBT, mental health

Wandering Coyote left a comment on my last post that was I really resonated with. I do agree with what you’re saying in this post, but I also believe that it’s important to know where the line between a label and a diagnosis is, because there is a difference. I think it’s totally unfortunate that someone [...]

Tags: DBT, diagnosis, labels, lucky, meds