…and not just because they also would like to burn the nun’s bible. Let me lighten it up a bit with a few words about my most *favoritistic* topic. Today I was looking at the key words/phrases that have lead people to read Saving Grace. And not surprisingly there were many who were looking for some sort of shall we say: validation, or solidarity, in their own hatred of DBT. Yes folks, this is what the MHPs DON’T tell you! They act like DBT will change your life for the *better* and that everyone benefits from DBT and drinking the Nun’s kool-aid. I’m here to tell you that is NOT the case for me. In fact, now any association to DBT mantra immediately makes me want to poke the the kool-aid-drinking- speaker’s... »View More
That sounds really far-fetched and frankly something a crazy person would say (consider the source) – but I will connect the dots to what led to PAG screaming this statement to the therapist yesterday right before becoming the 5 year old. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever said anything quite so graphic to the therapist’s face. I don’t think I have ever said the word sex while looking at her directly. But I was in such a state of anger and rage from the Thursday meeting with TT that it just flew out as though it wasn’t really me saying it. I told her how angry I was that TT said what she said about DBT being “necessary” after telling me on the phone that she “understood” why I felt like it was retraumatizing when... »View More
This is why… I don’t show the “real” me anywhere but here and the therapist’s office. I know how I feel about the “real” Grace, and so I prefer the ‘fake’ Grace because that Grace is rockin’ awesome! I mean she is hilarical and confident ~ she is the whole package…who wouldn’t want to be her? But the “real” Grace ~ that girl is broken and shattered, depressed and hurting, dissociative and ugly. No one would want to see her. In fact, broken Grace has been in appearance quite a bit since her gramma died. She has been out in full-force, raging with self-hate, suicidal thoughts and self-destructive behavior. She has been depressed to the point of paralysis and at times seeing no other way out but dying so... »View More
Is anyone in there? *may trigger* When I feel depressed I withdraw into myself. I turn off my phone at 6 pm, I don’t return phone calls or emails, or text messages from friends. I don’t reach out to anyone because I don’t want to bother anyone else with “MY” problems. Since I struggled with Dear Therapist and her lack of recent communication the past couple of months, and since I told her last week that I see no reason to continue in therapy with her, I have felt more lost and alone than usual. So what do I do? I close myself off from society and crawl into my shell and sleep and read, and sleep some more. My best friend lives 1200 miles away from me due to a move I made for my career 3 years ago. She has called... »View More








