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Originally Posted by growlycat
Congrats on doing some exposure work!
I work with a cbt guy on health and anxiety issues. The hardest thing for me too is the exposure exercises.
A good T will work with you to find a homework assignment that is challenging but not too overwhelming. I was afraid in the beginning that T would get mad at me if I didn't do the assignments perfectly-or at all. As long as you try, T will be supportive.
Even if you don't try, they will explore what happened. I'm finding the process kind of comforting, surprisingly.
It is important to let your T know what you are worried about, like being judged.
I think that any therapy just enhances the part of you that is happier and healthier, but it doesn't change your identity.
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Thank you.
Right now I'm actually quite anxious about my therapist giving up on me and/or being annoyed with me. I can't stop thinking about it. I'm planning on trying to tell him about it when I see him on Thursday next week (too bad it's such a long time left until then because I will keep worrying about it) and in my head I'm going over how I will tell him over and over and over again. I'm not sure how it'll go. I'm still trying to figure him out. The therapist.
I think I'm ok with the thought of homework but having to do exposures in front of the therapist really scares me because, like I said, I hate being observed and judged.
I realise this might sound weird but the fact that "therapy just enhances the part of you that is happier and healthier" scares me too. I honestly don't remember what it feels like to be happy and/or peaceful. Stupid, I know.