bit puzzled!

[faith-marilyn]

Hey,
Ive got up to the higher catagories in the exposure therapy thing, i just wanted to ask a quick question, do u think its alright that im doin more than one picture at once? i mean, they dont bother me that much so im able to look at more than one on one day kind of thing, do u think it matters how many i do just aslong as im getting used to the pictures and calming my anxiety while lookin at them? dont wanna make myself worse u see, but i dont feel like i am so...im a bit puzzled as to what to do! Any advice wud be appreciated!
Love and Hugs
xxxxxx
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[Jenneh]

i shudnt thjink it matters hw many u look at within what time period as long as ur making sure the previous picture doesnt make u flustered in NE way.


maybe wen u return u shud repeat a couple of the pictures before to just check that the anxiety has really gone.


Jen xxxx

[faith-marilyn]

ta jen ) xxxxxx

[Melikasa]

WTG.[img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img] I think as long as you are comfortable with it then moving on isn't going matter. I jumped pretty quick as well because i figured if it didnt bother me then I might as well move on and work on the ones that were starting to make me uncomfotable and work from there.

[sage]

Just make sure you can look at the one picture with absolute BOREDOM - no anxiety whatsoever, before you move on. (If not, you may have a "setback" at some point).


I kept a journal or "log" with the name of the picture at the top and the numbers from one to ten or something down the left side. Each time I looked at the picture I rated a) my anxiety b) my feelings of disgust/nausea on a scale of 0-10 where 0 is no disturbance and 10 is too overwhelming to continue. Same with the movies (where the numbers denoting the times watched went from 1-100!). I made sure the number for anxiety was 0, and the number for disgust was 1 or <1 before moving on. (I discovered for me personally that disgust could never go to 0 - and I think from my research that this is a human instinct, so it's ok.)