White Lotus star credits dialectical behavioral therapy for managing borderline personality disorder symptoms

What was said

"I hated it so much doing it. It just feels like elementary weird work of like checking in with your senses and holding ice cubes if you're upset. But I do it in life now so I see the merit in it. I check myself and I'm like oh you're idolizing this person oh you're wanting to do that thing where they're your whole world and you're ready to drop everything. Instead of lashing out I'm like I check myself. The recovery time like before it would take me a couple months to realize I was being crazy. Then it went down to a week. Then it went down to a day. Then it went down to like I can check myself within like 30 seconds."

Despite initially resenting the treatment, Gage now credits DBT group therapy as the most valuable tool for managing his BPD symptoms, particularly the tendency to idealize people or react explosively. He describes dramatically reducing his recovery time from emotional episodes from months down to seconds through the techniques.