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“Repetition compulsion is a condition where the trauma victim repeatedly re-exposes themselves to situations which re-enact the trauma, in a fruitless attempt to master the experience and to “get it right this time” and reclaim their sense of self.”

— R. Boyd (via sweetcheeksaremadeofthese)

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Amy Winehouse in Paris as a teenager

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what is the one word you would like to scream, standing on the top of a mountain?

#long haired harry still got me fucked up #haz

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“This year will take from me the hardened person who I longed to be. I am healing by mistake. Rome is also built on ruins.”

— Eliza Griswold (via purplebuddhaquotes)

#ughhhhhhhhh

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DBT Steps for Increasing Positive Emotions

BUILD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES Short Term:

Do pleasant things that are possible now.

Increase pleasant events that prompt positive emotions

Do ONE THING each day from the Adult Pleasant Events Schedule - see Emotion Regulation Handout 8

Long Term:

Make changes in your life so that positive events will occur more often.

Build a “life worth living.”

Work towards goals: ACCUMULATE POSITIVES

Make a list of positive events you want

List small steps towards goals

Take the first step.

ATTEND TO RELATIONSHIPS Repair old relationships Reach out for new relationships Work on current relationships

AVOID AVOIDING Avoid giving up

BE MINDFUL OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOCUS your attention on positive events that happen REFOCUS when your mind wanders to the negative Be UNMINDFUL of worries

DISTRACT from: Thinking about when the positive experience WILL END Thinking about whether you DESERVE this positive experience Thinking about how much more might be EXPECTED of you now

More in-depth here: Paying Attention to Positives