Mindfulness

[Pacify]

Can someone with BPD/npd understand or even grasp mindfulness or cbt?  Is this something I can introduce in hopes of helping her get out of her own head?

Has anyone had experience with this?

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[waverider]

It is a step in the right direction but it is something that does not come easy.

My wife practices mindfulness with one of her support workers

I find my wife sometimes cannot do mindfulness and finds it confronting, at other times she gets so deep into it that coming out of it is stressful. It is a case of not keeping it in perspective, nor being able to easily take it on board in daily life. Its like a switch that is either on or off, rather than a background overlay.

CBT at this stage is just too hard for my wife. I think its effectiveness may depend on what stage they are at. It is important as a eventual recovery tool though I believe.