In high-stress moments, the goal of distress tolerance is to lower intensity enough to avoid impulsive, harmful decisions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) blends acceptance and change strategies to help people navigate intense emotions and improve relationships. Its core skills—mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress ...

How do you handle it when someone is criticizing, invalidating, or being mean to you? Do you fight back, shut down, appease, or walk away? Sometimes these strategies are super effective. Other times, ...

A new feature from Real Simple explains distress tolerance, a core part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that helps ...