{"id":6489,"date":"2023-08-12T18:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T11:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2023-08-12T18:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T11:02:22","slug":"after-multiple-traumas-dbt-helped-me-take-back-my-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6489","title":{"rendered":"After Multiple Traumas, DBT Helped Me Take Back My Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/8ifvp6gbklhatudeo.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Flash forward to the beginning of college. I started my freshman year at UCLA in 2018, and I had never been more excited for anything in my life. Like most 18-year-olds, I thought it was a chance to reinvent myself and start over. However, one month after I started school, I was sexually assaulted, and it sent me into a deep spiral.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of reaching out for help, I isolated myself in my dorm room and refrained from telling anyone what had happened to me. Even though I was in such a negative headspace, I entered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/toxic-relationships-signs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/toxic-relationships-signs\" rel=\"noopener\">an unhealthy relationship<\/a> that left me feeling more alone and ashamed than ever.<\/p>\n<p>All of this compacted on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/fight-flight-freeze-fawn-trauma-responses\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/fight-flight-freeze-fawn-trauma-responses\" rel=\"noopener\">trauma<\/a> I experienced when I was sick led to me self-harm and eventually attempt to take my own life. During this time, I was diagnosed with clinical depression, PTSD, and OCD. I began going to talk therapy regularly, but I needed more support than I was getting.<\/p>\n<p>This was when Dialectical Behavior Therapy, better known as DBT, was recommended to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I had no idea there were even multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/types-of-therapy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/types-of-therapy\" rel=\"noopener\">types of therapy<\/a> before I started DBT. However, there are actually five unique categories of therapy recognized by the American Psychological Association: psychoanalysis, behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, humanistic therapy, and integrative or holistic therapy.<\/p>\n<p>According to psychologist <a href=\"https:\/\/drkerwin.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/drkerwin.com\/about\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Kerwin, Ph.D.,<\/a> DBT is \u201ca treatment that blends humanistic interpersonal systems, zen philosophy, and cognitive behavioral approaches into a coherent whole that helps clients not only survive but learn the skills necessary to build a life worth living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, DBT helps people learn new ways to manage their emotions rather than just talking about their experiences. 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