im not certain the difference between prolonged exposure therapy and exposure therapy....I did exposure therapy for many months, that seemed prolonged to me................

I have extreme anxiety and agoraphobia....panic disorder.....
my pdoc wanted me to go for a walk around my office building every day, go out to lunch with someone once a week, do something after work twice a week and do something on the weekend. I could handle the quick walk around the office. I would go to the grocery store after work and that was ok. going for a walk in the park caused me stress as did going to lunch with someone. I could handle doing something on the weekend. I managed the anxiety doing these things though it was increased. but then I started having nightmares and couldn't sleep. after a few months that pdoc left so I quit.