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When DBT skills cannot break obsessive attachment patterns

I have been doing DBT for six months but I still cannot stop stalking my ex-girlfriend's social media and crying for hours every night.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The compulsion to maintain connection with lost relationships can override all rational coping strategies, revealing how attachment trauma hijacks healing.

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