I don't feel able to make a judgement either way about whether or not more therapy would be helpful, but in my experience, the rule of thumb from professionals seems to be that after you've had a long period of intense therapy, it can be helpful to have a 'break' from it and see how you function in life without it. That break can give you the opportunity to see if there's stuff that needs to be worked on and what changes you might make in future treatment, as well as giving you the chance to put into place skills you learnt in the therapy you just did.
Of course, that's just a general consensus of opinion and it might be different for you - do you have a care co-ordinator or psychiatrist you could get an opinion from, who knows you?
I've just got out of a therapeutic community (day patient) after twelve months. Although I still have a lot of issues, in general I'm much better and find therapeutic community treatment seems to work for me (I also have BPD). So that's an option. I've never tried DBT, but it seems to work for a lot of people with BPD.
Obviously, making sure symptoms are no longer as destructive or life-threatening is one of the main aims of therapy, as well as to improve quality of life, but I think it's fair to say that, no matter how much therapy a person has, nobody's ever really 'cured' - it's more about creating an internal 'toolbox' for dealing with difficult times.
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