Posted by akc on December 6, 2001, at 6:28:00
In reply to Re: To Dinah » judy1, posted by Dinah on December 6, 2001, at 6:06:28
>Except for cutting and a very few fear of abandonment behaviors with my therapist, I think it would be generally agreed that while I might feel borderline, I don't really "do" borderline.
>It's just that I'm generally thought of as an intellectualizing repressed individual who doesn't express emotions enough.
> I do want to stop cutting. It's just that my personality style is to find intellectual and practical reasons to stop (Linehan just seems to offer the societal "Because I said so") and functional alternatives to cutting.
Dinah,
I want to thank you for articulating some thoughts in a manner I have needed for some time. The above quotes are powerful to me because they in so many ways describe me. Thank you for sharing.
akc
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