“Asking
for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have
the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.”
Barack
Obama
*Please
note: this article is not to be used as an alternative to professional help,
support, guidance, and Therapy*
In 2012, I (Campaign Founder, Aimee) made a suicide attempt which saw me end up on life support and when I woke up, I was detained under Section 3 of the 1983 Mental Health Act and admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The hospital was over 100 miles away from home and specialised in my diagnosis at the time of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which meant that it facilitated the recommended therapeutic treatment for the Disorder; Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Typically, it takes 12 months to complete a cycle or course of DBT, but my mental health had been poorly for quite a while, so I ended up actually being sectioned and undergoing DBT for two and a half years! So, after our Social Media Assistant created content on dissociation – which DBT has helped me to stop using as a coping mechanism – I was inspired to put this article together where I’ve trawled through the entirety of DBT to share with you all the most relevant and appropriate skills and techniques to support the mental health of survivors of rape and abuse…
