Hi all,
I just wanted to share something I've learned in my DBT(Dialectal Behavioral Training) course.
I found it really helpful to know and I'm gaining the skills to apply it. I'll explain:
My pshyciatrist explained that our minds can be compared with an elephant, and left to roam out of control cause cause a great deal of damage and devastation, eg, trampling crops, even killing people!
A mahout is the Indian elephant driver, he gently trains the elephant and eventually the elephant can do alot of good, helping to build, move heavy items and becomes a very valuable possession. The key word is doing it gently.
I'm learning to do this through 'mindfulness', originally a buddist teaching which focuses in living in the moment, not dwelling on the past, or worrying about the future, but living in each moment, and feeling the joy, or the sorrow, or anger, without judgement, in the moment.
The course is designed for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, which about 60% of people who have had abusive, invaliding childhoods have, it also affects those with Post Tramatic stress disorder, and about 80% of us drink (or gamble, take drugs or cut/burn ourselves) to escape our painful emotions.
I'm posting this so that if anyone identifys, they can ask their doctor or look on the net to find out more, and personally I think these skills should be taught as a matter of course in high school, what a difference it would have made to my 20's and 30's!!!!
It's been nothing less than a miricle for me to learn skills that help regulate my emotions, and I'm starting to enjoy my life like I never thought possible.
And needless to say I'm drinking much less as I'm learning new ways of dealing with my thoughts-feelings-behaviours.
Hope this helps someone! Luv Jas
I just wanted to share something I've learned in my DBT(Dialectal Behavioral Training) course.
I found it really helpful to know and I'm gaining the skills to apply it. I'll explain:
My pshyciatrist explained that our minds can be compared with an elephant, and left to roam out of control cause cause a great deal of damage and devastation, eg, trampling crops, even killing people!
A mahout is the Indian elephant driver, he gently trains the elephant and eventually the elephant can do alot of good, helping to build, move heavy items and becomes a very valuable possession. The key word is doing it gently.
I'm learning to do this through 'mindfulness', originally a buddist teaching which focuses in living in the moment, not dwelling on the past, or worrying about the future, but living in each moment, and feeling the joy, or the sorrow, or anger, without judgement, in the moment.
The course is designed for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, which about 60% of people who have had abusive, invaliding childhoods have, it also affects those with Post Tramatic stress disorder, and about 80% of us drink (or gamble, take drugs or cut/burn ourselves) to escape our painful emotions.
I'm posting this so that if anyone identifys, they can ask their doctor or look on the net to find out more, and personally I think these skills should be taught as a matter of course in high school, what a difference it would have made to my 20's and 30's!!!!
It's been nothing less than a miricle for me to learn skills that help regulate my emotions, and I'm starting to enjoy my life like I never thought possible.
And needless to say I'm drinking much less as I'm learning new ways of dealing with my thoughts-feelings-behaviours.
Hope this helps someone! Luv Jas
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