I’m curious because I noticed the medication I’m currently on helps me emotionally regulate myself but doesn’t prevent me from thinking about how it still sucks.

I’m trying my damndest to reframe how I think about things. God is it hard though 😮‍💨

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      If you get someone who knows what they’re doing, they’ll help you identity and face small rejections that are already happening to you first. For me, I couldn’t tell the difference between small and large rejections because they all felt similarly devastating. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is good for that. It’s all small steps.

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      I had a DBT group therapist who was not very experienced, so I ended up just buying the “DBT Training Manual” and associated workbook and teaching myself. I read that manual front to back like a Tom Clancy novel and it way less stress than having to rely on the pace and interpretations of someone else. Also very philosophically interesting book, I recommend it to anyone.