Hello @Determined@Phoenix_Rising@Faith-and-Hope@CheerBear@Zoe7

I was delighted when I saw @Phoenix_Rising intention to make this a thread.

I hope I can pop in and out as a friendly, interested but not committed bystander.

I respect Linehan's work in developing all the worksheets and will probably try a few if time permits.  I wont buy the book tho, as I have to be careful not to overburden my bookshelves.  It would be sad if the wood bowed under its weight.

@Phoenix_Rising Great summary. Love it. Makes sense to me. I started off reading Marxist theory and the Helgelian dialectic and the Socratic dialogue methods in political theory and philosophy.  Then read theology to try and sort out all the complications of a religious and atheistic dialectic going on in my extended family.  I am more of a waffler or circumlocution type than a B&W thinker though I can do the latter.  Talk about opposing forces, but do we really want to dob in all that is not "me" or "we" or "us" as bad or evil.  Hmmmm Thank God we have moved on from some B&W thinking!

B&W thinking is often a function of an extreme situation, though not always ...

@CheerBear  You paraphrased that last point fabulously.

You GO Ladies.

Brilliant.