Dual Problems Group
What is your presenting problem(s)?
depression and suicidal behavior
How have you tried to deal with this problem?
self-injury and isolation
Have your attempts to deal with the problem helped or hindered you? Explain how?
They have hindered me because I’ve been destructive to myself and I’ve pushed everyone that has ever given a damn about me away.
What have you learned at Brookhaven to address your problem in a more healthy/helpful manner?
- to set boundaries and to find healthy alternatives to self-injury
- look out for negative exaggeration and self-talk
- get a vocabulary for feelings
- not to destroy relationships when I get angry
- to think I am the worst person in the world is very arrogant
- positive affirmations
- overgeneralizing fucks you over (watch out for words like always and never)
Tools:
- use meds to balance brain chemistry
- learn to express feelings (both negative and positive)
- challenge negative thinking
- abstinence: don’t use alcohol, don’t cut, prevent relapse. talk about the urges with a friend
- turn worry and the problem over to your higher power
- use support groups
- change lifestyle – stay busy, new friends, exercise, journaling, mood inventories, etc
- live in gratitude
On this day..
- My New Boyfriend - 2008






