How using DBT distress tolerance skills helped me cope with my big emotions
Dee shares how DBT distress tolerance skills changed her life from being consumed by her rage to “turning her mind away” and finding freedom.
Anxiety is my constant frenemy :: how I learned to co-exist
Monica has had constant anxiety for 40+ years and she still doesn’t know how to get rid of it. But she does know how to co-exist with her “frenemy” and live a high-functioning life.
Surviving
Jeremy has struggled with medication resistant mental illness (self-harm, bipolar, schizophrenia, suicide ideation) his whole life. He gives us a glimpse into his life as he tries to survive feeling chronically empty.
Bipolar disorder or just moody?
Sara Kay was always called “moody” until she had a psychotic breakdown and she had to start figuring things out, bit by bit .
In tune with myself
Mwati denied her bipolar diagnosis for years. It took a trip to the top of a mountain in her home country for her to decide to get her life back.