How To Use Pinterest for DBT Skills Practice

This post is about how to use Pinterest in a practical way to practice your DBT Skills. When I first signed up for Pinterest, I noticed that I spent an awful lot of time on there “pinning” (selecting pictures and videos that I like and attaching them to virtual cork boards that I created and categorized) things I hoped to have some day, songs I like, ans interesting makeup looks.

It occurred to me that Pinterest could be an excellent way to organize things I come across online that related to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). More importantly, I could create boards to sort my findings by the different DBT modules and related topics.

Currently, I have the following boards:

Anxiety & Panic Attack Reminders
Interpersonal Effectiveness
DBT Skills (general)
Mindfulness
Mental Health Resources
Be in The Moment (Mindfulness)
Inspirations (quotes and images)
BPD Awareness
Opposite Action
Distraction Ideas (things to do when I get BORED)
Wise Mind
Radical Acceptance
Creating a Life Worth Living
Distress Tolerance
Mental Health: Borderline Personality Disorder Blog Posts
Mental Health Humor
Self Soothing (<< My FAVORITE. I look at this when I need to self-soothe visually. I also have music videos of some songs I find soothing, and I can listen to them from there.)