DBT skills can be beneficial for individuals, even those without a formal diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.

“i will still go in my head like when i have a difficult interpersonal situation happening where i will walk through the steps in my mind of the the dear man skill of how to ask for something and be effective let's go through dear man in a moment finish your story but i would love to go well i was just going to say like it's been 25 years and i'll still be writing an email and then i'll say wait pause edit am i following the dear structure what what can i take out what am i adding on what judgments are in here so i feel like i you know i've been a pretty skillful person for most of my life and i still need to i still benefit from actively thinking about uh using these skills in my daily life”