What a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Session Looks Like

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Mad respect for u showing this level of vulnerability to millions of strangers. Love and light ❤️

"It's like being shot with a gun but you're alive and nobody sees you bleeding" wow YES I'm crying bc that was so relatable and validating to hear someone describe that so well <3

I really appreciate seeing a "well put together" guy being so candid about what the rest of the world doesn't see.

What I love about this is this is a classic scenario of what I call ‘an expert patient’. A patient that has long lived experience with the problem. This usually means there’s a degree of pessimism due to the length of the lived experience and the problem hasn’t gone away. A patient who has had experience of professional help and therefore is very familiar with a lot of coping strategies. These patients can smell bs if you as the counsellor are winging it. Often these kinds of patients shoot down a lot of your suggestions as they have tried them already, “and it doesn’t work”. Not easy. But if a person feels listened to and importantly if there’s a sense that you as the listener “get it” — that goes a long way.

He's really good at articulating how I feel

"You know what calms me down so fast? A clean, organized house." YES!

I have Border Line Personality Disorder, and went through a D.B.T. program 10 years ago, and it changed my life. I can function in every day life better by leaps, and bounds. My marriage was saved by this program, as I became a better person, and father. The disorder is sometimes hard to live with, but I take medicine, and see a psychologist on a regular basis to help me in managing the illness. This can really work for you if you apply yourself, and embrace it. I highly recommend it rather you have my particular illness, or suffer from a myriad of other mental illnesses. My hope is that anyone who needs this will find it, as I stumbled across this therapy after 19 years of being misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder(not simultaneously).

I thought it was just me who went this deep and went off on tangents when speaking to a therapist. I always thought I wasn’t doing therapy ‘right’ this is so refreshing to see

RESPECT to Kyle for putting himself out there like this. Thank you for helping us through your experiences. Personally, I would have started bawling. You are so STRONG for opening yourself up to this kind of scrutiny in front of the world!! We appreciate YOU! On another note, I loved this exchange: Dr. Judy: "Some people like to smell dry sheets." Kyle: "No, no that would not enjoy that! I would ask myself: 'Why am I doing this?'" LOL!

If someone asked me what they could do for me today I would respond with a blank stare and have no idea.

Kyle’s “being shot but no one sees” metaphor was so so powerful. I felt that. Radical acceptance is hard, but so important. I haven’t mastered it yet

Wow! When he mentioned, “like I would have canceled today”, my heart sank to my feet. YES. I have backed out or canceled on so many things.

I started watching the video as a psych student but by the end, I was watching as a person who has struggled with depression and anxiety for most of their life. Kyle's experiences and emotions caught me off guard. I really appreciated his openness. It was so courageous.

He looks so exhausted explaining his troubles and I totally understand ❤ we will totally make it through this just because we want to so badly

🥺🥺🥺 about halfway through when he said his major depressive episodes felt like he was being shot but had to live through it, made me want to cry

I want to hug him and tell him that he is speaking for many people

I love when Dr. Ho explained ourselves as the main character, narrator, and audience. I’ve never thought about the whole audience aspect of it it all (the parts that will always be there that are whole). It really put into perspective the separation I can have between who I am really am and the “things” that have happened to me; they don’t necessarily make me who I am

So just becoming Self Aware is half the battle. Thank you so much

I would love to see what this looks like with someone with BPD. I am concerned my son isn't receiving the quality of therapy he needs.