Exposure Therapy will get tougher

[momtecz]

Keeley had therapy last night and things are moving along ...she reassured me not to get too down if Keeley has a rough day and to continue the positive reinforcements and the horrible consequences when she doesn't follow through on things...she told me starting in June she will begin showing Keeley pictures, videos ect of V***** ...she said things will get tougher for her but its all part of the Exposure Therapy...she told me she doesn't believe in inducing V*** but keeley will practice a gag reflex exercise...i will hate seing her go through this but will be with her every step of the way! If anyone would of ever told me I would be watching my daughter fight through such a horrible experience at such a young age I would never believe it....Again I will say it...I SO WISH IT WAS ME!

[MrsFox]

As someone that is coming to the end of exposure therapy I just wanted to say that every moment of agony and hard work is WORTH IT. At some point along the line, she'll stop seeing it as an obstacle that she MIGHT overcome and start seeing it as something she WILL overcome. That shift in thinking is exhilarating. I can't imagine how hard it is to watch her go through it and not be able to reassure her of all this, but when it's particularly hard on you, take comfort in knowing that exposure therapy is by and large very successful.

[KimberlyP]

You are such a wonderful mother. I can assure you, she will thank you later on. I so wish that I was put in therapy when I was twelve when it all began for me. I would have lived a very different life had I learned coping skills and didn't perceive vomiting as a threat. I wouldn't wish this fear on anybody.