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BainsBane

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1. "You just need to try harder."

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2013, 01:48 PM

May 2013

Or "you aren't trying hard enough." I actually had a psychologist tell me that. She was a DBT therapist. DBT targets Borderline Personality Disorder, and she didn't seem to understand depression at all.

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FWIW PsychCentral: 9 things NOT to say to a person with mental illness [View all] HereSince1628 May 2013 OP

"You just need to try harder." BainsBane May 2013 #1

I had a DBT-skills leader tell me I was doing non-judgmental mindfulness wrong. HereSince1628 May 2013 #2

ironic, isn't it BainsBane May 2013 #3

Seen #6 and #9 in my life mostly. Neoma May 2013 #4