Posted by SLS on August 19, 2011, at 5:46:12
In reply to Re: Anxiety: exposure the only permanent solution?, posted by SLS on August 19, 2011, at 5:41:22
> > "Things that are no logical threat at all give me terrible anxiety. Like calling to find out how much I owe comcast. What threat is that to me? I owe them the money. I spend hours agonizing over confronting each fear, then when I do something, I'm exhausted"
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> MDD and BD depressions are inhibiting upon behaviors that require social interaction. Under these conditions, it is difficult to assert oneself. I think this is the product of a biological behvioral inhibition and a psychological reaction to the genuine challenge to communicate effectively while depressed.I do think that exposure therapy can help create permanent change. However, this change is achieved best in the absence of depressive and anxiety disorders. Both pharmacological and psyhological strategies work well together.
Having said that, for some people, the behavioral inhibition resolves completely upon remission from depression or anxiety.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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