So today was therapy day. Karen and I had made a deal about me showing up with just my prescribed amount of pain killers in my system. I kept that deal. I also took her what happened last night and this morning. She was very proud of me. We also followed her game plan about doing a "behavioural chain".
A behavioural chain is when you examine what led to doing your maladaptive behaviour. So we studied what I did last week. Taking the extra Perc. After studying why I did it, as in what lead up to it, we problem solved what I could have done differently and what I could do next time. I didn't understand all of it, but I have the basic idea.
My "homework" (DBT is big on homework) is to do a behaviour chain each time I do some maladaptive behaviour. It could be as bad as taking extra pills, to just yelling at TJ, to just as simple as scratching my arm to inflict pain. That and I am to tell Sandy about my past and symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Today was a good therapy day. I didn't even pick-up chocolate at the drugstore when I went and picked-up my meds I had on order. Today is a very good day.
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