dbt | distress tolerance | radical acceptance

Radical acceptance is one of the most important skills, in my opinion, when it comes to really learning to achieve a life worth living particularly with mood disorders or other conditions that cause emotional dysregulation. Radical acceptance is ...
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dbt | emotional regulation | PLEASE

PLEASE is an emotional regulation skill focusing on taking care of ourselves to improve our emotional resilience. When we are taking good care of ourselves it increases our threshold to difficult situations and reduces vulnerability factors. ...
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mental health | the importance of sleep

One of the most difficult but possible one of the most important things in creating an optimal environment for both mental health and coping with the symptoms of mental illness, is sleep. This is particularly true when it comes to mood disorders ...
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dbt skills | core mindfulness | what skills

“What” skills in DBT help us to know what you do when practicing mindfulness. Mindfulness encourages you to connect with yourself and your thoughts, feelings, others, and your current situation. It is incredibly easy to disconnect ...
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dbt skills | core mindfulness | wise mind

One of the first skills I learnt when I started dbt skills was the concept of wise mind. There are three states of mind: emotional mind, reasonable mind and wise mind. Often a lot of us engaging in emotional regulation skills work or dbt find ...
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