Podcast 17 – DBT Distress Tolerance Part 2

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Elizabeth joins The Good Reverend Jim and his Crazy Friend Ronnie in this series about Dialectical Behavior Therapy. They managed to pull off another episode with three people that is pretty calm! DBT is broken down into four modules: Distress Tolerance, Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness. This episode carries on the discussion on Distress Tolerance.
Referenced in Shows
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) WebMD
- Fixed (Middle) Signed Democratic Candidates
- Joe Biden
- Bill de Blasio
- Mike Gravel
- John Hickenlooper
- Jay Inslee
- Eric Swalwell
- Unhealthy Coping Methods
- Ruminate about current or past pains, mistakes, and problems
- Worrying about possible future pains, mistakes, and problems.
- Isolate yourself from other people to avoid distressing situations.
- Numb yourself with alcohol or drugs.
- Getting excessively angry at others or trying to control them.
- Dangerous behaviors, such as cutting, hitting, picking at, burning yourself or pulling out your own hair.
- Unsafe sexual activities, such as having sex with strangers.
- Avoid dealing with the causes of your problems, such as an abusive or dysfunctional relationship.
- Bad eating habits.
- Attempt suicide or engage in high-risk activities, like reckless driving or taking dangerous amounts of alcohol and drugs.
- Avoid pleasant activities, such as social events and exercise, maybe because you don’t think that you deserve to feel better.
- Surrender to your pain and resign yourself to living a miserable and unfulfilling life.
- Negative Approach - Nothing (Punk)