So far today, I've done my IOP sessions, sent George DBT worksheets to print out for me, and followed up with the place that's providing me my wristsplints to make sure they got the return item and see when my replacement is coming.

I'm feeling productive as fuck and legit the best mood I've been in for the past... I dunno, 8-9 months maybe? I'm trying super hard to manage my expectations and acknowledge that starting the program is the easy part. The hard part is remaining committed to the program, doing the work, and seeing it through even when it feels less effective or uncovers

more stuff to work on.

Well, if you hit a bad day, a good way to think of it is that you are in the right place to be having a bad day. That always helped me a lot. It's great to hear it's going well so far, though.

thaumata: yes! Such a good way to put it. I think part of why I'm feeling better so early on is because not only are the skills I'm learning helpful, but I simply need to be spending extra time on addressing my mental health issues. I only have time to rant/vent during my therapy sessions and it's so hard to address the causes and how to address it etc

I think the venting is a crucial step before I can address action/tools to handle etc. With this program, I'm basically getting 3 sessions a day, 5 days a week instead of 1 session a week where I only have the time to vent

Yeah for good adulting!!!