Ok so I’m a low functioning borderliner. My therapist basically said I needed more help than a once a week session. But she *also* said I was free to come back if it didn’t work. The issue is I need help getting housing and benefits and group therapy so I can get used to a schedule, learn to socialize more and not isolate. My therapist can’t provide all that hand holding

So I attended the new group therapy  program which will help me with benefits housing etc. I went 2 days in a row and am sadly very disappointed.

The reason I don’t like it is because no offense to the clients/patients, but they are mentally very slow. I felt like I was in special Ed for elementary students. The “How To Make Friends” class was having us ask each other what was our favorite color or food.
It was hard to not laugh and just walk out. I thought it would be more DBT/CBT program or something more advanced? Idk what I mean. But I felt like it was more tailored to children. And the people there were mentally on a young level and just like kids would talk over the instructor a lot at very loud levels and wouldn’t stop. Some would loudly start talking about unrelated things  because they couldn’t mentally grasp what was going on. Emotional Management class was us being taught how to DIAL 911 and stay calm. Relationship Management class was the instructor asking us about our relationships and then just saing “yeah wow. I hear ya. I understand.” Like OK? Whereas at least in my once a week therapy session my therapist gave actual advice that was on my level cognitively


It just sucks that my old clinic doesn’t provide more services except once a week therapy


So I’m stuck because I want to quit and go back to my therapist but I also know it’s like swimming without a boat to save me except a little liferaft AKA my therapist.  I just don’t have the ability to handle getting housing and applying for benefits when I get anxiety attacks when it comes to just even basic responsibility. Yeah if I keep going to these groups I can just see myself getting more and more frustrated because I’m not gonna relate to any of these people or probably learn much