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I did not loose it or freak out and draw attention to myself. It was very uncomfortable but not totally intolerable. I even was able to allow myself at times to just accept and experience the touch sensations without being overcome by my mental intrusions. I could only do this in brief intervals before my mind it quickly filled again with mental noise.

I also realized that at lot of my problems are linked but only partially to my past.

I'm happy with myself for not running away and avoiding this situation.

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Good Work! This technique is one that I used frequently to get better - to put myself into situations and work myself through them.

When you said that only some of your problems are linked to your past I was wondering if this is what you were talking about: I found that my past affected my development or rather, lack of development, and this was what was affecting my present. So smoothing out the past wasn't enough. I had to find my exact developmental problems and work on those specifically like self-esteem, personal boundaries, empowerment and control over my life, etc.