My special place

Today was the first week of Intro to DBT. There were 8 other people in the group so not too big. The room was probably a bit small for my liking and all the chairs were in a circle so could not hide anywhere which made my anxiety rise fairly quickly. The lady taking the course was lovely so easy to like her. I actually spoke a bit when asked a direct question but stayed silent besides that.

We spoke about mental illness and mental health, emotional dysregulation and mindfulness. I have homework, eeekkk!

I found it interesting but physically and emotionally exhausting. I came home and plonked on the couch. My brain is full and simply cannot process anything else tonight. Will be an early night for me.

@outlander@Zoe7@Sans911

So glad you spoke a little @Snowie - you are ahead of me already lol

It does make a difference when the facilitator is nice and you feel comfortable within the group. The homework does suck but it is useful. Do you think you will get a lot out of it?

For first day DBT you did just fine my lovely sister @Snowie

Here if you need help with understanding your homework. It's great you have a lovely facilitator

@Zoe7I think I will get a little bit out of the intro course. It is not till the actual course that I think it will start helping me. But I am trying to keep an open mind atm.

Thanks @Sans911

Homework this week is to do 4-5 mins of mindfulness per day and write it down.

Goodluck with the homework @Snowie - it is one of those things that definitely gets easier with practice. We are just about to finish Emotion Regulation and not sure what is next.