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Mine is radical acceptance. It centers me. I had a ring made, with the initials "RA" to remind me. Honourable mention to "ride the wave" and "opposite to emotion action." More reminder rings to come.
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My therapist has been trying to convince me to go into a DBT intensive outpatient program. I have been avoiding it because I am agoraphobic (I don't ever leave the house alone) and it's a hassle in terms of getting there. My disability attorney convinced me to do it because she said it would be very helpful for my case. I am scared though. Anyone have any experiences with IOP they want to share, good, bad, or ugly?
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My niece just started PHP, she ALSO has bipolar, like myself. She is 34 years old. Anyway, she was told she is NOT to talk to ANYONE about what goes on at PHP, including family. Now I know she isn't just saying this so as not to talk about it because believe me she is very, very outspoken, if she didn't want to talk about it, she'd say "I don't want to talk about it" in no uncertain terms. So I was just wondering out of curiosity has anyone else had this "don't say a word to outsiders" about anything that goes on in here kind of rule? I myself never had anything other then the rule or req
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This morning I went to my daily IOP where I had to fill out a daily report card for how I had done during the 24-hours since leaving IOP and it was not a pretty report card either. In the past 24-hours I have purged, cut, and anorexia is in control of my eating; let’s just say I wasn’t looking forward to having to turn in my report card especially since my therapist was running this morning’s IOP session. Part of the IOP sessions are what they call mindfulness exercises; exercises designed to help you get back to center and slow your mind down so you can deal with whatever is going on around -
Okay, long story short: I'm currently in an IOP program, they were planning to release me on 11/29, even though I've been having suicidal ideations. My therapist said that the program shouldn't become a crutch for me. They pushed back my graduation until 12/6 after I said that I didn't feel completely safe. I didn't even know I had a set graduation date until a couple days ago. I have outpatient therapy and medication management set up but I don't know how I'll get to the therapy because my car is broken. I got to thinking about how I've heard that people with BPD can become too comfortable in -
I am starting a partial hospital/intensive out patient program tomorrow and I am getting more and more anxious about it by the minute. It's just that it's new and new people and talking about stuff and AAACCK! I do feel positive about it and think it will help. However, if anyone feels comfortable enough to share their experience with this I think it might help me to like, mentally prepare? If you guys could help it would be really awesome. Thanks.
