So can any of me here tell me a little more about DBT? What it is and how to implement it? I see it mentioned in the sub a lot and I'm especially interested because it looks like it can be completed on my own. I've been having a hell of a time with doctors and therapists lately and I'd like an alternative method to dealing with this. Mood wise, I've been really really down for about six months. I also have bipolar so usually these bad moods are followed with a bit of mania, which gets me out of my funk but so far I think this is the longest I've stayed consistently depressed. I've had the same psychiatrist for ten years and, after he has decided that changing my meds won't do anything and that I'm not a "real danger" of committing suicide because "that's a male issue and you're a female," I have decided to find a new doc. The soonest they can see me is the end of November so I'm kinda just hanging here. I went and saw a therapist but apparently she specialized in drug addictions and that's not really my issue so she didn't have much advice for me. My loved ones have been absolute SAINTS- trying everything they can to bring me back to life but their efforts only make me feel worse. I hate that they're stuck with me and can't have a consistent life because no one ever knows how I'm going to be feeling. I just feel so down. I feel like I'm on the outside of my life just looking in, watching myself go through the motions. Usually I just split and don't care about anything but this time it's like I'm feeling all of the feelings at once and I can't turn them off. I'm 37 years old and I'm just ready to give up. I can't remember ever being truly normal and happy and I just don't see that in the cards for me. Someone help me please because I've lost all hope.