Radical acceptance — what it means

A DBT skill: fully accepting reality as it is — not approving of it, just stopping the exhausting fight against what's already true — so your energy goes to what you can actually change.

What it looks like

Accepting "this person may never change" isn't surrender or forgiveness. It's putting down the rope in a tug-of-war you were never going to win, so your hands are free for your own next step.

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