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Why DBT skills sometimes fail with family triggers

I have been doing DBT skills for eight months and I still lose it completely when my mother criticizes me, like I am five years old again screaming in the kitchen.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Old relational wounds can overpower new coping strategies when the nervous system recognizes the original source of its conditioning.

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