daniel_monster
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Has anyone done this and do they do? My therapist says he's gonna use this and it scares the hell out of me.
what do they do? the only thing I know is it's called "exposure therapy" so I assume I'm gonna be exposed to something
I was watching someone's social anxiety vlog on YouTube once and they said one of the tasks they were assigned was to stand at the entrance of a supermarket and ask random strangers where the supermarket was. Needless to say, I wont be venturing down the exposure route any time soon.
SWEET HEART OF JESUS!!!
I'd probably do it if it wasn't a local supermarket - does it hav to be local?
I don't think the location is all that important but the general idea of the treatment is to invite yourself to become anxious and journey outside of your comfort zone. So really, by choosing a space that you feel more comfortable in, I guess you'd only be reducing the effectiveness of the treatment. Pretty brutal stuff.
If only it were that simple that forcing yourself to go to places where you have panic attacks and put up with them, would cure you and they'd go away after a while. That would be easy.
Fact is it won't cure you and you'll just have panic attacks every time you go there, and the symptoms will never get any better.
Has anyone done this and do they do? My therapist says he's gonna use this and it scares the hell out of me.