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Scenario

When distress tolerance feels impossible during relationship anxiety

My therapist says I need to practice distress tolerance but when my boyfriend doesn't text me back for two hours I feel like I am literally dying and I have called him seventeen times today.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between intellectual understanding of coping skills and the overwhelming intensity of abandonment panic reveals how dysregulation hijacks rational thought.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with DBT for emotional dysregulation?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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