• DBT,  Substance Abuse

    DBT for Substance Abuse

    Site proposing the use of DBT skills to help with addictive behaviors and recovery. Here’s a quick snip: Our goal is to help facilitate adoption of DBT in the “recovery” community by providing resources, community features and detailed information and lessons. We based our content on Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques and skills, addressed to people with impulse problems such as compulsive gambling, alcoholism, overeating, compulsive shopping and others. DBT, a psychological approach, based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness. It’s been used quite successfully for over a decade to treat serious Personality Disorders. In recent years, therapists and clinics have been adapting DBT to treat a wide range of…

  • Validation

    Invalidating Phrases

    I found this list of invalidating phrases on another site. I think we nons can learn a lot from this list. Invalidation is weird – and it is a natural reaction to what we think is “crazy” behavior and feelings: “Ordering” the BP to Feel Differently Smile. Be happy. Cheer up Lighten up. Get over it. Grow up Get a life Don’t cry. Don’t worry. Don’t be sad. Stop whining Stop laughing.. Don’t get angry Deal with it. Give it a rest. Forget about it. Stop complaining. Don’t be so dramatic. Don’t be so sensitive. Stop being so emotional. Stop feeling sorry for yourself Stop taking everything so personally Ordering…

  • Biology,  Borderline Personality Disorder

    Genetics and BPD

    In this study, researchers posit that traits associated with BPD are inherited (impulsivity and emotional regulation). Here is a quote from the abstract: The effect of genes on the development of BPD is likely substantial. The effect of common family environment may be close to zero. While the study doesn’t conclude that BPD is 100% inherited, it does point to certain genetic factors in the BPD adaptive behaviors (or maladaptive). The main point of posting this is to chip away at the myth that BPD and other personality disorders are all the “fault” of parenting or abusive environments. One of the big problems that I have seen in the social,…