Posted by Dinah on May 6, 2008, at 21:02:54
In reply to Log - looking for progress, looking to hide, posted by Angela2 on May 6, 2008, at 16:03:00
There are some fairly aggressive anxiety treatments out there. Does your therapist do CBT and exposure and response prevention and things like that?
"Recovered" is a pretty big goal in four months. Can you break it up into smaller pieces and set shorter term goals? My recollection of CBT steps for anxiety is that they break them down pretty far into their very smallest pieces. Like going to aerobics class might mean putting on your aerobics clothing, then getting to the place where it's held, then participating. Actually, it's probably broken down into even more pieces. Like the first step might be visualizing going to aerobics class.
It's been a while. I never got past the step of watching TV shows of people throwing up. I'd put down the book at just the thought.
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