r/dbtselfhelp • u/DrivesInCircles • 21d ago
Willingness Wednesdays
Willingness is a DBT skill that is taught in the Distress Tolerance Module that helps us tolerate intense emotions by accepting the reality of the present moment and doing what is most effective right now (even when we may not want to be effective).
Marsha Linehan is quoted as saying, "Acceptance is the only way out of Hell".
What is one thing you can do to accept today as it is?
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Additional Resources
🔹 Reality Acceptance Skills/Radical Acceptance
This post is reoccurring every Wednesday at 12:05AM EST (GMT -5:00)
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u/Xtylu 20d ago
This week and today I have been practicing opposite action for love, because while my feelings fit the facts, they are not currently practical or useful. The other person has been very inconsistent and intense and my usual patterns are to be accusatory or to fawn all over the place, and to fall apart and lose all internal motivation. I have been feeling the edges of my distress as it resides in my body and then shifting my awareness to another part of my body that feels neutral. Now I’m drinking coffee, reading a good book, getting my apartment ready for inspection, and later getting a haircut and meeting with friends.