I’ve been told that I need to do exposure therapy because I have been avoiding many things since my trauma and I am worried about dealing with the flashbacks and panic attacks and dissociation that will come with it. I would like to work on it, and I’m assuming everyone gets scared doing it but how do you cope? I have been asked to talk to a few people to see if they can accompany the first few things with me. I don’t have a person. But anyways, any tips on coping during exposure? I went to one of the places that triggers me today for 7 minutes before leaving. Had a panic attack the entire time.
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