ALTERNATIVE REBELLION. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (19.08.2021)

When you really want to break something, or send someone away, shave your head bald and walk off into the sunset barefoot through a field of daisies... No, I'll start differently. When your inner punk wants to do something, like when you were 16, but you're an adult and serious person and you understand that, most likely, in a day or two you'll regret what you did...

Sometimes problematic behaviors arise from a desire to rebel and behave in a defiant manner, such as "Don't tell me what to do." Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers a skill from the Distress section tolerance (Stress tolerance), to channel that energy into something less destructive than the problematic behavior. This skill is primarily designed for addicts, but it works just as well for ordinary people in difficult situations, as does everything in DBT.
Alternative rebellion - rebel in a way that doesn't end up hurting yourself or others, making the situation worse, or going against your goals. Do something small, out of the ordinary - but not irreversible. On the Beauty and the borderline has a list compiled by members of the groups:
- leaving the lights on all day - turning up the volume on the radio or TV - drawing on your leg with a ballpoint pen like in elementary school - wearing underwear or a T-shirt with offensive words on it - going to bed late - doing things out of order - doing something out of character, like putting on bright makeup on your own - speaking where you normally wouldn't (unless it's dangerous) - dressing in an unusual way - yelling alone - going to the movies late at night on a weekday - giving an honest answer instead of a polite one - saying "no" to a friend or family member when they ask for a favor... P.S. I'm OK

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