My T gave me this to do. I'm trying to do things that I avoid and then I rate the levels of stress/anxiety pre/post/peak numerically. I have cptsd, and this is the first time that I'm doing any 'exercises'. I did not make it out the front door the first time that I tried it. I had a panick attack, got numb, and then passed out in my recliner. For a couple of days after this I experienced confusion, loss of time, and was not functioning well. Prior to the exercise I had been more functional, in that I was not getting confused and overwhelmed, and I was interacting with others... It feels like I regressed from attempting to do this exercise. That happened early last week. This week I made my list, and waited for my daughter to get off of school, and then I went shopping with her. I went to a low traffic grocery store, and I was able to get a cartfull of groceries and leave with my 8 year old by my side. I definitely felt the fear and anxiety, and I think that I disassociated because I was woozy and I forget some things on my list, but I made it out. I felt so inadequate the whole time, and I was scared too, but I think having her with me helped in some way. Is it okay to do it this way, even though I was instructed to go alone and not leave until I got everything on my list? I will bring this up in Therapy but I can only go twice a month, and thought I might get feedback in the meantime.