Therapy Doesn't Work with Dead People | MARSHA LINEHAN

Clients, not therapists, should set the goals of therapy. But an agreement not to kill yourself for at least the next two hours may be necessary for therapy to work.

Marsha Linehan, creator of the highly-regarded Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), discusses Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from the viewpoint of a clinician / researcher of the highest caliber.

[bittersweetdefeat]

I am trying so hard to work on myself and I have more happiness than ever and have my own place, friends and family, pets, a job…but the sadness is still there. It’s like this part of me is leeching on and is trying to pull me back no matter how much I fight to move forward

[enteblu]

I don’t cut myself but i don’t have any goal nor motivation in life. 30 and constantly tired and depressed

[MekinakSibiMekinacic]

A life where I don't want to kill myself... I've been trying to reach that through more than 10 years of therapy. Is it possible that this is an unattainable goal for some people? That for some people, no matter the therapy, it is just not possible?

[tempusfugit]

Marsha, You have an Irish surname. ...if you ever come to the Republic of Ireland or England there is a welcome at every door including mine . So many misdiagnosed psychiatric patients would benefit from your insight because just being Irish means so many different things. ..be it Roman Catholic guilt. .St Patrick , Paedophile Priests. ..English Occupation. .Alcohol. ..Duh ! Every Wedding. .Christening and most of all Funerals. ..ends up with quite ferocious fighting . My P.T.S.D. began at a young age , thank you so much for your marvellous insight and empathy. Anglo / Irish grandma ( me ) sends you much love and respect .

[caelidhg]

I am going to be 54 in a week. I have lived the majority of my life wishing I were dead. So tired of living. I wanted to be dead at the age of 10....the only time that really lifted for me personally, is when I changed my diet and got a higher fat diet (KETO) it was a game changer for me. I remember driving down this road elated and feeling the best I had probably ever felt, No fear, just joy (and most psychiatrists would view that somehow as being "manic".. eye roll) but I was no longer plagued with feeling like I wanted to die, that I saw life as a challenge that I could take on.. change my job etc.. But My bf kept hounding me about eating "too much cheese" and I plateaud and then the pandemic hit and I fell off my diet hard and spiraled.. Sucked.

[lizzypage]

I really wish the US would stop calling this borderline, it’s complex ptsd. I don’t have a personality disorder, I have trauma and have learned to cope with the results in a way that doesn’t really help me in the long term. I’m not brain damaged, I’m hurt!

[ToyotaTom]

That’s so backwards. I go to someone because I don’t know what goals to have or what to do.

[CrimeEnjoyer]

I just want to make it until both of my parents are dead.

[MarkAnthony-wofr]

I have muscular dystrophy and borderline personality disorder and just want to die. DBT has failed thus far

[coreywillis]

Didn't even watch the video just had to say that with a title like that it has to be garbage

[hyperchord]

Wrong, death is absolutely an escape from the pain that will work. And my goal is to absolutely escape pain. Its not ok to tell the patient that their line of thinking is wrong.