Information, Strategies, Suppport and Awareness
Information, Strategies, Suppport and Awareness
Browsing Category
A monthly series featuring true, publicly documented stories of people navigating real hardship — and the specific coping skills that helped them through it.
There was no warning. The day after his birthday, he was gone — and what followed was six years of PTSD, abusive relationships, suicidal thoughts, and a very slow climb back. What finally helped wasn’t a breakthrough. It was a schedule.
Ally spent years in a cycle of crisis, self-harm, and shame. DBT didn’t just help her survive it — it gave her skills she took to college, and eventually to graduation. This is what it looked like from the inside.
Laura was in her early thirties, high-functioning, and apparently fine. Then her body sent a different message — dangerously high blood pressure and a warning from her doctor that she was headed for a heart attack. This is what happens when managing and coping aren’t the same thing.
Miosotys Santiago survived childhood trauma, a psychiatric hospitalization, and narrowly escaped Tower One on 9/11. What eventually helped wasn’t strength. It was acceptance.
At 13, Hannah’s anxiety was destroying her friendships and her family. DBT gave her something no one had before: a way to actually interrupt the flood. This is how it started.