The 12-week DBT protocol for high-achievers who have never thrown a plate but feel a screaming void inside.
You are the reliable one. The fixer. The high-performer. You navigate crises at work with surgical precision. But alone, in the car or the bathroom stall, you are fighting a war against a nervous system that wants to burn everything down.
This is "Quiet BPD" (or high-functioning emotional intensity). Standard therapy asks you to "talk about your feelings." You don't need to talk. You need a system to dismantle the bomb.
Weeks 1–4
Stop gaslighting yourself. We map the gap between your public performance and your private agony.
Weeks 5–8
Building the architecture to hold the storm. Concrete DBT skills adapted for the silent sufferer.
Weeks 9–12
Designing a life that doesn't require a mask to survive.
Most workbooks are written by clinicians looking down from a desk. This book is written by someone who has been in the storm.