in my therapy we do not do exposure...we dont want me to get overwhelmed. we go at it in little bits ..then take breaks. i think it works best that way for me. we talk about day to day stuff and also about how it might relate to my past. like as in if i reacted a certain way to a situation in the present, why i might be reacting that way and what it reminds me of. my T has never told me i have to recount my story and process every minute detail....im not sure if i would ever be fully prepared to even do that. i do agree though that there is something inside of me that does want to talk about specific things and about how much they still affect me to this day. doing that is hard because it can destabilize me, so like i said, we do it in increments.