Re: Exposure Therapy?
At the moment I have a therapist and she is helping me with exposure therapy. Im very nervous because I dont know how far I can get with watching something before it actually makes me sick because its so gross. Normally I have an Ok tolerance to gross things. I've had to deal with vomit before because I am a dental assistant and used to watching gross things. But then I do this thing where I am fine with the proecdure going on, then out of no where I realise my surroundings and where I am, (clinic) and theres a lot of blood and bone everywhere with, for instance an extraction, and then I start becoming anxious and nauseous. Same thing with the exposure therapy. My phsycologist pulled out a picture of a dog vomiting, and all I could think is.."what if I do it, what if i do it." Then I gagged after I saw it *-* and terrified to begin or go further. She gave me some more pictures and activities to do at home but Im afraid that if I watching something to graphic, its going to make me sick. Ugh..this exposure therapy is so hard. I thought I wouldnt have to actually throw up to become cured
No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.